Veteran martial arts actor Xu Shaoqiang died of esophageal cancer in Beijing on September 1 at the age of 73.
Xu Yingkun, the daughter of Xu Shaoqiang and his ex-girlfriend Sydney, expressed her nostalgia to her father on social platforms with Jacky Cheung's song "You Are the Only Legend in My Life".
Xu Yingkun confirmed the news of her father's death in an interview with the media, "Thank you for your concern, I hope you will give space for our family to deal with this matter." ”
Xu Weidong, the son born to Xu Shaoqiang and Sydney, also replied to reporters, "Thank you for your concern, and I am dealing with it with my family." ”
Before Xu Shaoqiang entered the industry, he worked in a stock bank as an accounting clerk.
He was admitted to the third training class of Shaw Brothers Film Company as an actor in 1972, and was a dragon and tiger martial artist in the early days of his debut.
In the 70s, popular martial arts films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Xu Shaoqiang participated in "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" of "Li's TV" in 1976, in which he played "Zhanzhao".
Since then, Xu Shaoqiang has been playing the role of a hero, starring in "The Sword of the Third Young Master", "Silkworm Transformation" and so on.
Xu Shaoqiang's masterpiece is "Silkworm Transformation" broadcast in 1979, in which he played "Yun Feiyang", which became popular throughout Asia at that time.
Stepping into the 90s, Xu Shaoqiang went through the peak of his life and began to play villains, such as Stephen Chow's movie "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" in 1992, he starred in "Zao Wou-ki".
After that, Xu Shaoqiang returned to the mainland to film dramas, and married a mainland dancer as his third wife 20 years ago, and the family settled in Beijing.
Xu Shaoqiang has a romantic life, has three marriages, the third wife is 30 years younger than him, this year is the 20th anniversary of their marriage, shocking is that Mrs. Xu was suspected of having a heart attack during the handling of her husband's funeral, and followed her husband to die.
The two have a daughter and a son, the daughter is 19 years old, and the son is only 13 years old.
Tian Qiwen, the "general manager of the entertainment industry" who has known Xu Shaoqiang for more than 40 years, revealed the news of Mrs. Xu's death in an interview.
Tian Qiwen said that after Xu Shaoqiang left, Mrs. Xu was responsible for handling the funeral, perhaps because she was overly sad, or it was possible that there were too many things that caused her to be overtired.
Xu Shaoqiang and his wife left one after another, and the two children were still young, and Xu Shaoqiang's funeral was finally handed over to Sydney's children.
Tian Qiwen revealed that Xu Shaoqiang filmed in Hengdian for a long time in order to support his family, and the martial arts actors of his generation did not like to do physical examinations, even if he was unwell, he was hard-shouldered, so he never knew that he had cancer, and when his condition deteriorated, he walked very fast.
Tian Qiwen said that a friend contacted Xu Shaoqiang in January this year, and he was in good condition at that time, and he did not look like he was sick at all.
Tian Qiwen praised Xu Shaoqiang as a diligent and dedicated actor, Xu Shaoqiang, like Wu Mengda, would not bring the script to the scene, because before filming, they were already familiar with the script, and because of the acting profession, they were all respected by insiders.
As mentioned earlier, Xu Shaoqiang has three marriages.
He married Zhang Xiaofeng, an outsider, when he was 25 years old, but this marriage only lasted 4 years.
In 1980, Xu Shaoqiang married his second wife He Shukuan, and the woman was also not in the entertainment industry.
In 1982, Xu Shaoqiang fell in love with Sydney, who was only 15 years old at the time, and the two developed an affair while filming the movie "Raising Ghosts" in Thailand.
At that time, Xu Shaoqiang and Sydney's "unruly love" caused a sensation in the city, and this relationship was strongly opposed by Sydney's sister Michelle, who flew to Thailand to beat mandarin ducks in order to prevent her sister from becoming addicted.
It's a pity that Sydney is obsessed with ghosts and insists on being with Xu Shaoqiang.
Sydney gave birth to her son Xu Weidong when she was 17 years old, and then gave birth to her daughter Xu Yingkun, and she and Xu Shaoqiang officially broke up in 1988.
Sydney once revealed in an interview that after she gave birth to a child, Xu Shaoqiang said that he would marry her, but when it came to the agreed date to get the certificate, Xu Shaoqiang didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, forgot to bring the divorce certificate, and the marriage was helplessly canceled.
Many years after Xu Shaoqiang broke up with Sydney, he married his third wife in the mainland.
And Xu Shaoqiang, his three wives and ex-girlfriend Sydney, have a total of three sons and two daughters.
Xu Shaoqiang is boundless, even if he enters the third marriage, there are still scandals.
Many years ago, it was reported that he had a leg with mainland star Luo Yunqi, but Xu Shaoqiang denied this.
He said that he had a wife at home, and he would not do anything wrong, and Luo Yunqi did take the initiative to show favor to him, but he was unmoved and recognized the other party as a "godsister".
Now, Xu Shaoqiang has passed away, and many of his love stories will follow him and be buried in the dust.