Meng-Dall Oh dies at the age of 69
Commemoration including best friend Joo Seong-chi
Korean stars also mourn
Hong Kong film actor Oh Maeng-dal/ Photo = Instagram
Hong Kong famous movie star Oh Meng-Dal died of liver cancer. Age 69.
According to Chinese media such as Hong Kong Seongdo Ilbo on the 28th, Oh Maeng-Dal died while fighting liver cancer at 5:16 pm on the 27th. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last year, and it is said that his condition has recently worsened.
Meng-Dal Oh is a popular actor who won the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor. His latest film is the Chinese movie’Wandering Earth’, which was released in 2019. He was an actor who received a lot of love because he can digest everything from pleasant and friendly characters to delicate emotional acting.
Local media are celebrating by calling him his nickname,’Dasu (達叔·Mengdal’s Uncle) and’Dageo(達哥·Mengdal-hyung).’
Hong Kong film actor Oh Maeng-dal/ Photo = Instagram
Born in Xiamen, China in 1952, Oh Meng-Dal moved to Hong Kong with his family as a child. He started acting on TVB in Hong Kong in 1973 with Joo Yun-bal and Im Dal-hwa. He was known as the’best friend’ of actor and director Joo Seong-chi, and he made his name known to domestic fans. Meng-Dal Oh and Seong-chi Ju gained great popularity as they appeared in the movies’Doseong’,’King of the Comics’,’Shaolin Soccer’,’Seo Yugi Moonlight Bohap’, and’Seonri Giyeon Seo’.
In response, Joo Seong-chi mourned, “I prepared my heart while watching Oh Meng-Dal’s illness, but I was still very sad and grieving.”
Deokhwa Yoo, who took a breath in the’Chunjang District’, said, “I hope there will be no pain and no worries,” and Taiwan actor Ji-ryeong Lim said, “He will be in our minds forever.”
Hong Kong film actor Oh Maeng-dal/ Photo = Instagram
The memorial of domestic stars also continued. On the 28th, rapper Choi Ja posted a post on his Instagram with a photo of Maeng-Dal Oh and “Thanks to him, I laughed a lot and was happy. Thank you very much.”
Actor Kim Ji-hoon also posted a memorial message saying, “It’s so sad,” saying, “It’s the saddest news I’ve encountered recently.”
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