Veteran artist Zeng Jiang was found dead in his room at the Kowloon Hotel on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui yesterday (27th) at the age of 87.
Zeng Jiang returned to Hong Kong from Singapore on Monday (25th) and stayed at the Kowloon Hotel as a designated quarantine hotel. He took a rapid antigen test yesterday and the result was negative.
However, when officers from the Department of Health inspected yesterday afternoon, Zeng Jiang was in a coma and was confirmed to have died on the spot.
Today (28th) at 9 am, Zeng Jiang's daughter Zeng Muxue, her husband, relatives and friends arrived at the public mortuary in Kwai Chung to go through the body identification procedures. There were many media at the scene.
Zeng Jiang's daughter Zeng Muxue and a group of 4 relatives and friends arrived at the public mortuary in Kwai Chung to go through the body identification procedures.
(Photo by Cai Zhengbang)
Zeng Muxue thanked the public for caring about his father, "I hope he will give you good memories and a good old boy. Everyone remembers his young, handsome, and playful side." He said that his father was playful and enjoyed life. Share with your family.
When asked if he knew about Zeng Jiang's physical condition beforehand, Zeng Muxue said: "(Father) is in his twenties, so he is in a normal old man's physical condition. High blood pressure and so on are all normal." The family is digesting the news of Zeng Jiang's death When discussing the arrangements for dealing with the aftermath, I tend to keep a low profile. "I hope everyone will digest this matter, and I believe that my father will feel everyone's love." As for the quarantine hotel arrangement, Zeng Muxue said that it has become a reality, and he does not want to mention more.
87-year-old Zeng Jiang, formerly known as Zeng Guanyi, is a senior Hong Kong actor who has been engaged in acting for more than 60 years.
He is also the brother of the famous actor Lin Cui, and the uncle of the artists Wang Xinping and Chen Shanhe.
Looking through the information, Zeng Jiang performed hundreds of films in Hong Kong Cantonese films in the 1960s, and was awarded the Golden Globe Award (film and drama) by the "Overseas Chinese Evening News" in 1969 and 1970.
Since the 1970s, Zeng Jiang has joined the TV circle and starred in TV series. In 1983, he played the role of "Yellow Yaoshi" in the wireless martial arts drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and became famous in one fell swoop.
In 2015, Zeng Jiang won the "Best Supporting Actor" for the first time with "Eavesdropping 3" at the "34th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony".
He is also the protagonist of one of the longest-running TV commercials, "Beautiful Source", which has become a classic with the dialogue "Get darker gradually, get tanned immediately, get it!"
In addition, Zeng Jiang once worked with Xie Xian, Hu Feng and Joe Junior on the radio show "Four Little Students Going to Travel". During the press conference, he was slapped by Xie Xian and became a hot topic.
Zeng Jiang won Best Supporting Actor in 2015.
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Zeng Jiang's death｜The police entered the hotel in full protective clothing to investigate the body and the black box truck sent the cause of death to be determined. Senior artist Zeng Jiang died in Tsim Sha Tsui.
