Dean Shek

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.

Dean Shek
Shek at The Wit and Wisdom of Cinema City event held at the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2016
Born	Lau Wai-sing 劉偉成 (Traditional) 刘伟成 (Simplified) Liú　Ｗěi　Ｃhéng (Mandarin) Ｌau4 Wai2 Sing4 (Cantonese) (1949-06-17)17 June 1949 Beijing, China
Died	20 September 2021(2021-09-20) (aged 72)
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shí Tiān Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Sek6 Tin1
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]