{"id":1980936,"date":"2025-08-26T18:27:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1980936"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:27:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:27:18","slug":"hong-kong-mourns-loss-of-2-stars-of-film-and-television-chow-chung-and-suet-nei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hong-kong-mourns-loss-of-2-stars-of-film-and-television-chow-chung-and-suet-nei\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong mourns loss of 2 stars of film and television, Chow Chung and Suet Nei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong is mourning the loss of two beloved film stars, Chow Chung and Suet Nei.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chow, known in recent decades for his roles as a \u201clovable old gentleman\u201d in many local productions, died from pneumonia at the age of 92 on Friday, according to friends.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Suet Nei\u2019s family, meanwhile, said the actress, 77, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Thursday, 10 days after the death of her husband, renowned kung fu choreographer Tang Chia.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIt is a double whammy and a great loss to the sector,\u201d Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild vice-president Candice Yu On-on said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kung fu choreographer Tang Chia and Suet Nei were seen as a model couple in the business. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/07\/05\/1e4ac1c4-3cd8-4735-b6da-e800c0621b52_b04b510a.jpg\" title=\"Kung fu choreographer Tang Chia and Suet Nei were seen as a model couple in the business. Photo: Handout\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Kung fu choreographer Tang Chia and Suet Nei were seen as a model couple in the business. Photo: Handout<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chow, born Sin Kam-wing in Hong Kong in 1932, left a six-decade legacy across television and film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scmp.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong is mourning the loss of two beloved film stars, Chow Chung and Suet Nei. Chow, known in recent decades for his roles as a \u201clovable old gentleman\u201d in many local productions, died from pneumonia at the age of 92 on Friday, according to friends. 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