{"id":2120941,"date":"2025-10-28T17:43:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2120941"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:43:38","slug":"hong-kong-king-of-supporting-actors-benz-hui-dies-at-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hong-kong-king-of-supporting-actors-benz-hui-dies-at-76\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong \u2018King of Supporting Actors\u2019 Benz Hui dies at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">HONG KONG, Oct 28 \u2014 Veteran Hong Kong actor Benz Hui, affectionately known as the \u201cKing of Supporting Actors,\u201d passed away on the morning of October 28 at the age of 76.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Straits Times reported that his family confirmed the news through close friend and Hong Kong TV host Maria Luisa Leit\u00e3o, stating that Hui had succumbed to multiple organ failure resulting from cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He was just a week shy of his upcoming birthday on November 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sing Tao Headline first reported Hui\u2019s hospitalisation yesterday and that he was in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celebrities such as Chow Yun-Fat who worked with Hui on The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and frequent co-star Charmaine Sheh (You\u2019re Hired, Line Walker and Themis) were seen visiting Hui at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In recent years, Hui was best known for his role as \u201cFoon Hei Gor\u201d in TVB\u2019s Line Walker franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He had gradually stepped back from acting and relocated to Singapore with his family to enjoy a semi-retired life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hui married his wife, Angeli Lung, in 1992 after meeting at a friends\u2019 gathering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They have a daughter Charmaine Hui, born in 1997 when Hui was 49.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u00a0<\/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 malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG, Oct 28 \u2014 Veteran Hong Kong actor Benz Hui, affectionately known as the \u201cKing of Supporting Actors,\u201d passed away on the morning of October 28 at the age of 76. 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