Yuen Cheung-yan, veteran Hong Kong actor and action choreographer, dies at 69


Veteran Hong Kong actor and action choreographer Yuen Cheung-yan has died at the age of 69.

Yuen, who was born in Hong Kong in 1957, died at noon on New Year’s Day at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, according to film director and actor Lee Lik-chi, who announced the news on his Weibo page on Thursday.

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