'One-Armed Swordsman' actor Jimmy Wang Yu dies at 80


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Taiwanese actor Jimmy Wang Yu in the 1969 movie 'Return Of The One-Armed Swordsman'. Photos: Linda Wong/Instagram

Taiwanese veteran actor Jimmy Wang Yu, best known for playing the "one-armed swordsman" in the 1967 movie of the same name, died at 80 on Tuesday (April 5).

His death was announced by his eldest daughter, singer Linda Wong, on social media. Wong, 53, said she and her family will miss her father, who had been unwell in the last six years. "We also believe that his handsome and heroic image as the one-armed swordsman will forever live in the history of films and the hearts of fans."

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