Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden," has died of influenza aged 48, her sister said on Monday. R- REUTERS
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00:00Taiwanese actor Barbie Hsu, who rose to fame across East Asia as the romantic lead in the
00:062001 soap opera Meteor Garden, has died of influenza, aged 48, while on a family holiday
00:13in Japan.
00:14Her sister, Dee Hsu, broke the news Monday, and it became the most sought-after topic
00:19on China's Weibo microblogging service.
00:22The sister's first found fame with her pop group SOS, Barbie Hsu became a household name
00:28from playing Shan Cai in the TV drama Meteor Garden, an adaptation of Japanese manga Boys
00:33Over Flowers.
00:34Hsu's character was a poor teenage girl who attends a school for wealthy students and
00:40encounters four spoiled, arrogant boys known as the F4.
00:44Beijing had banned Meteor Garden in 2002, describing the Taiwan-made soap as electronic
00:50heroin for young people.
00:52The late Hsu had been married to Korean rapper Koo Jun-yup, also known as DJ Koo, since 2022.
00:58She left behind two children from a previous marriage with Chinese entrepreneur Wang Xiaofei.