Hong Kong actor and producer (1949–2021) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dean Shek (17 June 1949[1] – 20 September 2021), also known as Dean Shek Tin, was a Hong Kong actor and producer. He was best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 movie Drunken Master, Lung Sei in the 1987 movie A Better Tomorrow II, and Snooker in the 1990 movie The Dragon from Russia.
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![]() Shek at The Wit and Wisdom of Cinema City event held at the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2016 | |||||||||||
Born | 17 June 1949 Beijing, China | ||||||||||
Died | 20 September 2021 72) | (aged||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, film presenter | ||||||||||
Years active | 1968–1992 | ||||||||||
Spouse | Lau Chun-yue (1979–2021) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 石天 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 石天 | ||||||||||
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Musical career | |||||||||||
Also known as | Charlie Shek | ||||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong |
Shek died from cancer on 20 September 2021, at the age of 72.[2] He had been diagnosed with the disease two months before his death.[3]