Chen Qiang dies: 'Perhaps God wants to watch comedy'
By Wang Ru | China Daily | Updated: 2012-06-28 08:11
Left: Chen Qiang's vivid portrayal of Huang Shiren in The White-Haired Girl was one of his classics. Right: Chen attends a news conference for Tuo'er, in 2005, a comedy starring his son Chen Peisi. Provided to China Daily |
Chen Qiang, a film star whose career spanned 60 years, and one of the industry's pioneers of New China, died of organ failure on Tuesday night in Beijing. He was 94.
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