Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu has died on the age of 48, after contracting pneumonia that developed following the flu.
The star, identified by her followers as Da S (Huge S), rose to fame within the TV drama Meteor Backyard, which grew to become massively well-liked throughout Asia within the early 2000s.
Hsu caught the flu whereas visiting Japan together with her household in the course of the Lunar New 12 months, in line with her youthful sister, Dee Hsu, who’s a TV host.
“My dearest and most kindhearted sister Barbie Hsu died of influenza-induced pneumonia and unfortunately left us,” Dee Hsu mentioned in an announcement.
“I am grateful that in this lifetime I was able to be her sister, taking care of each other and being companions. I will forever be thankful for her and miss her!”
She didn’t give particulars about the place and when her sister died.
Who’s Barbie Hsu?
Hsu broke into the leisure business first by means of music, forming the pop group SOS together with her sister as a young person.
The pair later switched to internet hosting TV exhibits.
In 2001, Meteor Backyard made Hsu a family identify throughout Asia. She performed the feminine lead within the romance drama, which additionally starred the boyband F4.
She additionally starred in different collection together with Mars, Nook With Love, and Reign Of Assassins, and movies together with The Ghost Inside and Linked.
Hsu was married to Korean musician Koo Jun-yup, also referred to as DJ Koo. She was beforehand married to Chinese language businessman Wang Xiaofei for greater than 10 years, however the pair went by means of an acrimonious divorce which made headlines in 2021.
One of many actress’s huge passions was animal rights, and she or he collaborated with teams together with Peta.
“Barbie was one of the first and biggest stars to lend her support to Peta,” mentioned the organisation’s senior vice chairman, Jason Baker.
“She spoke up countless times for animals, directly urging brands to stop selling fur.”
Hsu is survived by Koo and two youngsters from her marriage to Wang.
