Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu dies at 48 after catching influenza in Japan


By Jan Lee

Actress Barbie Hsu was travelling with her family in Japan over the Chinese New Year period when she caught influenza-related pneumonia. - Reuters

SINGAPORE: Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, star of the seminal idol drama Meteor Garden (2001), has died at the age of 48.

The news was confirmed on Feb 3 in a statement sent out to Taiwanese media by her family via her younger sister, famed Taiwanese host Dee Hsu, 46.

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