Barbie HSU, Taiwanese star in ‘Meteor Garden’, Death at 48: Report

Barbie HSU is reportedly dead at the age of 48.

As per the local media output Taipei timesThe Taiwanese actress who played the role of Dong Shacai in the drama in 2001 in 2001 Meteor Gardendied of pneumonia after getting the flu during a trip to Japan.

“Our whole family came to Japan for a trip, and my boyfriend and most kind-hearted sister Barbie HSU died of influenza-induced pneumonia and unfortunately left us,” Barbie’s sister and talk show hosted Dee HSU in a statement through an agent.

“I was grateful to be her sister in this life and that we came to care and spend time with each other. I will always be grateful to her and miss her,” she added, by. Outlet.

The date of Barbie’s death has not been confirmed.

People have reached representatives of HSU about comment.

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According to BBCBarbie – also known as Big S – Had a history of health challenges that included epilepsy and heart disease. She was also previously admitted due to seizures.

The star’s career began at 5pm when she and her sister Dee were a pop duo, pr. Outlet.

The siblings then became TV hosts before Barbie reached international star status when she was thrown on the TV show Meteor Garden – A TV adaptation of a Japanese cartoon from the 1990s with the same name.

In the show, Barbie played middle -class teenager Dong Shacai, who went to an elite private school and was tangled with the heirs of rich families.

After his time in the series, Barbie continued to play in many more TV shows and movies, such as 2007’s Corner with love and 2018’s Summer’s wish.

According to Cnn, Barbie retired from entertainment in 2022 after her divorce from 2021 from Chinese businessman Wang Xiaofei. She then remarried to singer and DJ Koo Jun-Yup in 2022.

Her last Instagram postwhich was sent on December 21, was by her husband who performed a DJ set on stage. “Clon forever DJ KOO 你超 Cool,” her captioned.

Taipei times reports that she is survived by her husband and a 10-year-old daughter and an 8-year-old son, whom she shared with her ex-husband Xiaofei.