Actor James Hong, 93, finally gets his star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame

James Hong made history as the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Walk Of Fame. Photo: AP

James Hong, the ubiquitous veteran character actor who found a champion in Lost star Daniel Dae Kim, accepted his fan-funded star on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame in a burst of drums, cymbals and Chinese lion dancers — all harbingers of joy and good fortune.

“I’m here! I’m alive!,” the energetic 93-year-old said Tuesday (May 10) as he accepted the 2,723rd star on the Walk of Fame, located between Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and the TCL Chinese Theater. And Hong just made history as the oldest person ever to receive a star on the Walk Of Fame.