The Chinese actress Zhu Yuanyuan, who once co-starred with Jet Li and Kwai Lun-Mei in the movie 'Ocean Heaven', has sadly passed away due to cancer at the age of 51. Her actor husband Xin Baiqing confirmed the news of her death, sorrowfully stating, 'I believe! She has gone to a place she wanted to be.'
Xin Baiqing expressed his deep sorrow, saying, 'Yuanyuan left us forever at 11:39 am on May 17,' and revealed that she had battled the illness for five years, never giving up or feeling pessimistic. She faced difficulties with confidence, and passed her love for life to everyone around her. Xin Baiqing revealed, 'She used this way to remind her family not to waste every day, every second! I believe she has gone to the place she wanted to go...'. Xin Baiqing believes his beloved wife is now in heaven and followed Zhu Yuanyuan's wishes for a simple posthumous ceremony.
On the 1st of the month, Zhu Yuanyuan’s personal Weibo had just posted about the completion of filming for the new drama ‘The City Builder’, which stars actors Zhao Liying and Huang Xiaoming. 'The City Builder' has become her last work. Zhu Yuanyuan had also acted in TV series like 'Plain-speaking Zhang Damin's Happy Life', 'Family of Nine Phoenixes', 'A Little Separation', as well as movies like 'My Sister', 'The Dog', and 'Send You a Little Red Flower'.
In 'Plain-speaking Zhang Damin's Happy Life', Zhu Yuanyuan played the role of a virtuous wife, and the series was very well received after its broadcast. Zhu Yuanyuan rose to fame with this role and won the Golden Eagle Award for Audience's Favorite Actress, earning the title of 'National Daughter-in-law'.
Source: United Daily News + HK01