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Lydia Shum passed away this morning

Entertainer Lydia Shum passed away this morning in Queen Mary Hospital at 60-years-old. For many years Lydia has been suffering diabetes, high blood pressure, liver cancer, etc. Earlier on she received a bile duct operation.

Ho Sau Sun, who has worked with Lydia in the past described that it was hard to express his current feelings. "I can't seem to accept this at the moment... it's hard to explain my feelings."

Many of us probably know her as Fei Fei(is fat fat or fatty in chinese) as a happy lady who would not care about her weight but rather care about making everyone else happy. She is one of the most known chinese celebrity of her time with her point rimmed glasses. She will be missed.

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This is Sad. I enjoyed watching her on TV. She was good at entertaining people and seems like a pretty nice person.

she was. she's very known to people in vancouver... she's being burried in vancouver Im curious where in vancouver though

The remains of popular comedienne Lydia Shum Din-ha arrived in Vancouver early yesterday morning (HK time) in advance of her funeral set for early Thursday.
The casket, accompanied by her daughter and friends, was flown in by a Cathay Pacific flight which landed at 2.40am (HK time) at the Vancouver International Airport where a horde of more than 50 Canadian and Hong Kong reporters were waiting.

According to reports, Shum's 20-year-old daughter Joyce Cheng Yan-yee, long time friend Florence Chan Suk-fan and Chan's son Chan Ka-ho were able to slip past the media using a special passage.

The hearse carrying Shum's body drove to Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries in Burnaby.

Shum's family and friends are expected to meet today to discuss final arrangements for the funeral.

The former actress/singer/TV host will be laid to rest next to her parents at the park around 10am on Wednesday, Canadian time (HK 2am Thursday).

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police at Burnaby is expected to tighten security to ensure there are no disruptions.

A statement from Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan praising Shum's contribution to the city will be read during the ceremony.

The local Chinese community and politicians are proposing a Lydia Shum Day. The date is yet to be set pending approval from Shum's family.

The Vancouver Film and Television Artists' Society and Chinese immigrants group SUCCESS will host a memorial service on Friday. A TV salute called Fei Fei We Miss You Forever last Tuesday attracted an audience of 1.95 million.

Source: http://thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.a ... 80226&fc=2

A "Lydia Shum Day" will be announced by Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan Tuesday afternoon to commemorate the contribution of the late Hong Kong comedienne.

China News Service reported that the private funeral of Shum will be held on Wednesday in Vancouver and a memorial service will be held on Friday.

Lydia Shum used to live in Vancouver in the 1980s before returning to Hong Kong. She traveled between Hong Kong and Vancouver for many years attending activities of the Chinese community in Vancouver and was a very popular comedienne there.

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