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He made his fame and fortune in Hong Kong as one half of an unforgettable Chinese film comedy duo with Stephen Chow, but it was Johor Bahru (JB), Malaysia, whom veteran actor Ng Man Tat called home for years before his death. .
The 70-year-old man died on Saturday (February 27) in a Hong Kong hospital after a battle with liver cancer, and it was revealed in media reports that before his recent hospitalization, he lived in JB for “many years”.
Man Tat married Malaysian Hou Shan Yan, the second runner-up in a beauty pageant decades ago, in 1996 and they have a 25-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son. Hou’s relatives told the media that the couple had lived in JB for a long time and that Man Tat traveled abroad only if he had filming commitments.
They added that when the family learned of his cancer, they flew to China for treatment, although Hou returned to Malaysia during that period.
Reports say Man Tat later expressed his wish to be in Hong Kong and was transferred to Union Hospital in the city on February 20. He underwent surgery and later informed his good friend, actor Tenky Tin, that “the worst is over.” Friends who visited him at the hospital also said he was fine.
However, his health worsened on Saturday and he was transferred to the ICU.
Tenky told the media that doctors prescribed Man Tat medicine to help him feel better and let him sleep, so he died peacefully surrounded by Hou, his children and some close friends.
Tenky added that a memorial service will be held and details will be released later.
Man Tat was married twice and also had a serious relationship with a third woman. His first marriage was at age 25 to his longtime girlfriend Mak Lei Lei. The couple had twin daughters.
While still married to Mak, he lived with former TVB actress Lo Siu Chi in 1989 and had a daughter.
He met Hou in 1993 when he came to Singapore to shoot the movie It’s All Right, It Ends Well Too, and reportedly courted her even though he was still married to Mak.
Mak divorced him in 1994, reportedly because he couldn’t take his womanizing ways.
Man Tat and Hou got married in 1996 when she got pregnant. It is not known when he broke up with Lo. According to The Star, the two held a wedding after she gave birth to their daughter, but he did not show up on the wedding day.
