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[속보] ‘Hero’s true color’ Hong Kong actor dies at augmented quarantine hotel

Negative, but found dead during quarantine

▲ Hong Kong actor Kenneth Chang. HK01 Capture

Famous Hong Kong actor Kenneth Chang (Jeong Jiang), a famous Hong Kong actor who appeared in the ‘Hero’s Color’ series, died on the 27th at a hotel in Hong Kong, which was under quarantine in accordance with the Corona 19 quarantine rules, HK01 and others reported. He died at the age of 87.

Chang died while in quarantine at the Kowloon Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui after returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Singapore.

He had tested negative for COVID-19 the day before, but when quarantine officers visited his room this morning, he did not respond, and the police found his body in the room around noon.

Chang, who made his debut in the 1950s, often collaborated with Zhou Lun-fa (周潤發) in popular Hong Kong films such as the ‘Hero’s True Color’ series in the 1980s.

He entered Hollywood in 1998 and appeared in ‘Replacement Killer’, ‘007 Another Day’, and ‘Memories of a Geisha’.

Hong Kong actor Kenneth Chang.  HK01 Capture

▲ Hong Kong actor Kenneth Chang. HK01 Capture

Reporter Kang Ju-ri