29 Aug 2007, ST, Life
HONG KONG - Retired Hong Kong actress Cherie Chung's husband of 16 years has died at 53.
Prominent advertising businessman Michael Chu (with Chung) died of cancer at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, the South China Morning Post quoted hospital sources as saying.
Apple Daily said Chu had colon cancer and died last Friday.
On Monday, Chung, 47, was nowhere to be seen when reporters camped outside her home and at the hospital following news of the death.
Chu was said to be seriously ill when he and Chung were photographed visiting an acupuncturist in May. He looked gaunt but she denied that he was ill.
Reports said Chu, who founded an advertising firm which merged with The Ball Partnership in 1988, had been ill for three years. Last week, he was hospitalised when his condition worsened.
Chung, who went into movies after being named Most Photogenic in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong pageant, retired after marriage in 1991. The couple, said to be very loving, have no children.
HONG KONG - Retired Hong Kong actress Cherie Chung's husband of 16 years has died at 53.
Prominent advertising businessman Michael Chu (with Chung) died of cancer at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, the South China Morning Post quoted hospital sources as saying.
Apple Daily said Chu had colon cancer and died last Friday.
On Monday, Chung, 47, was nowhere to be seen when reporters camped outside her home and at the hospital following news of the death.
Chu was said to be seriously ill when he and Chung were photographed visiting an acupuncturist in May. He looked gaunt but she denied that he was ill.
Reports said Chu, who founded an advertising firm which merged with The Ball Partnership in 1988, had been ill for three years. Last week, he was hospitalised when his condition worsened.
Chung, who went into movies after being named Most Photogenic in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong pageant, retired after marriage in 1991. The couple, said to be very loving, have no children.
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