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Jimmy Wang Yu, once a superstar of multiple Asian martial arts genres, died on Tuesday. He was 79.

News of his death in a Taipei hospital was posted on social media by Wang’s daughter Linda, herself a former Canto-pop star of the 1990s. She wrote that Wang passed away peacefully after a six-year battle with a chronic illness.

Born in Shanghai in 1943, Wang established his film career in Hong Kong, where he became a household name thanks to films including Chang Cheh’s 1967 classic “The One-Armed Swordsman,” which the first to hit the HK1 million benchmark at the Hong Kong box office. Another early hit was opposite martial arts actress Cheng Pei-pei in Chang’s “Golden Swallow” in 1968.

In total, Wang appeared in more than 60 martial arts films, many produced by the Shaw Brothers studio. Several were influential internationally and helped pave the way for the short and incandescent career of Bruce Lee,...

Jimmy Wang Yu, born Wang Zhengquan on (March 28, 1943), is an Actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Many will know Wang Yu from movies such as The One-Armed Swordsman, Master of the Flying Guillotine, The Chinese Boxer, Island of Fire and many, many more.

There have been serious problems in Wang’s life, In 1981, he faced a murder charge in Taiwan, but the charge was dropped due to lack of evidence. Wang’s involvement in public brawls also made headlines from time to time

Selected Filmography

1965:Temple of Red Lotus

1967:The One-Armed Swordsman

1968:Golden Swallow

1970:The Chinese Boxer

1971:One Armed Boxer

1973:a Man Called Tiger

1973:Beach of the War Gods

1973:King of Boxers

1976:Master of the Flying Guillotine

1985:Shanghai 13

1990:Island of Fire

Acting background

Before joining the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers Studio in 1963, Wang served in the National Revolutionary Army and was also a swimming champion in Hong...