é˜¿å— passed away due to heart attack, age 52
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Getai veteran Ah Nan has died, apparently from a heart attack
By Yip Wai Yee
Getai performer and part-time actor John Cheng, better known as Ah Nan, died of an apparent heart attack last night.
The 52-year-old collapsed backstage following a performance in a nightclub in Chinatown, according to his wife. She spoke to the organisers of a Chinese New Year concert he was scheduled to perform at on Feb 12.
Before joining show business in 1987, Cheng used to be part of a gang, had gambling problems and was a loanshark runner. He then started working the getai circuit, and was eventually given supporting actor roles in films such as Money No Enough (1997), I Not Stupid (2002) and Where Got Ghost? (2009).
He was arrested by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) in 2006 for drug-taking, and was sentenced to a 12-month term at a drug rehabilitation centre.
In 2010, he courted controversy during a press conference film-maker Jack Neo held to explain a extramarital affair, when he openly shouted at journalists to leave Neo alone.
Cheng is survived by a wife and four daughters.
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orh....
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Is that the guy from this GIF? I know it's in bad taste but I had to ask. RIP.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
Is that the guy from this GIF? I know it's in bad taste but I had to ask. RIP.
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RIP ah nan... U gave us plenty of laughs when u are ard...
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Originally posted by gunner77:
yesThanks. I've taken it down now.
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U reminded me... I shld remove it from my GIF link list...
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Still young. Too young to die. RIP.
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Life is uncertain
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at wat age die then not young not wasted?
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I have always thought that those from the wisdom forum would not think this as death and pity -__-