Veteran Hong Kong actor Liu Kai-chi died on Sunday (Mar 28) night after a short illness, according to media reports. He was 66. The actor, affectionately known as Uncle Chi, had been battling stomach cancer in recent months.

His management company L&P Entertainment Limited released a statement on Sunday saying that his family had been at his side when he died and that he had “returned to the arms of his heavenly father”. The statement also revealed that he died at Hong Kong’s Prince of Wales Hospital at 8.32pm.