According to Taiwan media reports, Veteran Actor Hou Jie of Taiwan passed away on December 5 at a nursing center at the age of 73. It is reported that he was a first-line student in Taiwanese, starred in many popular dramas, and in 2010, he also played Ruan Jingtian's father in the movie "Mengjia".
Mainland audiences may not be familiar with Hou Jie, but Hou Jie is very famous in Taiwan's showbiz circle, Hou Jie debuted in Shaw films, when he was young, he was not only handsome and good at acting, after returning to Taiwan in the 60s and 70s to develop, he can be called the "royal student" of Taiwan Television and other television stations, and many popular Hokkien TV dramas in that year were starring Hou Jie.
However, as he grew older, Hou Jie gradually faded out of the screen, but still starred in works such as "Mengxi" and "Get Love Back", and was once shortlisted for the Golden Bell Award. Perhaps one of the characters that many mainland audiences are most familiar with is his role as Ruan Jingtian's father in "Mengjia".
Compared with the infinite scenery of Hou Jie's youth, his later life was somewhat miserable. Hou Jie had a daughter with his girlfriend when he was young, but his relationship with her daughter was not good. Hou Jie's financial situation has been problematic, and his daughter has never helped, resulting in Hou Jie's life in his later years has been very difficult.
In addition, Hou Jie has been suffering from illness. He suffered from moderate dementia and was found wandering the streets late at night in 2016, without pants, and kept talking about finding his brother. Finally, he was discovered by the police and informed the staff of the nursing home.
It is reported that Hou Jie also suffered many strokes, physical mobility problems, coupled with the torture of diabetes, Hou Jie lived in a nursing home, living a very miserable life.
When he was young, he was a small student in Taiwan, winning countless applause, but in his later years he was tortured by illness and died alone, and Hou Jie's situation was also very regrettable.