Taiwanese director Ming Gin-Cheng dies 3 weeks after wife gives birth to twins

Ming Gin-Cheng shared with his fans photos of his wife and newborn babies. Photo: Ming Gin-Cheng/Facebook

Taiwanese director Ming Gin-Cheng, known for helming idol drama Love Queen, has died. He was 51.

He passed away on Tuesday (Feb 8) after suffering a heart attack late at night at a confinement centre in Taipei, Taiwan.

Ming was at the confinement centre to accompany his wife Patty Lin who had just given birth to twins on Jan 20.

Ming and Lin, who married in 2017, had been trying to have children for several years. It was reported that they had gone through 10 rounds of IVF before the couple welcomed the twins – a boy and a girl – last month.

Ming, who started out as an actor, shared with his fans photos of his wife and newborn babies on Facebook.

He wrote on the eve of Lunar New Year: "This is my first time having New Year's Eve dinner at the confinement centre, and there was no shortage of blessings from friends and relatives. The centre even provided sparkling wine to make it more festive.

"This is the first time I am feeling the warmth of a New Year's eve dinner, my heart is filled with gratitude.”