CANADA: Lydia Shum buried in Vancouver

Record ID: 800273

  • Title: CANADA: Lydia Shum buried in Vancouver
  • Date: 28th February 2008
  • Summary: (BN02) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (FEBRUARY 27, 2008) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CEMETERY FUNERAL HOME AND CHAPEL SIGN CARS ARRIVING FOR FUNERAL VARIOUS OF FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS DEDICATED TO SHUM NEAR GRAVESITE UNINVITED PHOTOGRAPHER DRAGGED AWAY BY POLICE FOREST LAWN CEMETERY SIGN VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS OUTSIDE CEMETERY FUNERAL HOME SIGN
  • Embargoed: 14th March 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Canada
  • Country: Canada
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
  • Reuters ID: LVA540TJUYU6F3GFZGFSOIZLREWY
  • Story Text: Mourners gather to bid farefull to comedienne Lydia Shum in Vancouver.
    Popular Hong Kong actress and comedienne Lydia Shum was laid to rest at a Vancouver cemetery on Wednesday (February 27).
    She died died last week at the age of 60, after a protracted battle with liver cancer. A few hundred family and friends gathered at Forest Lawn cemetery for Shum's funeral service and burial. One uninvited phototgrapher was arrested and carried off by police during the service.
    Shum, possibly Hong Kong's equivalent of U.S. comedienne Roseanne Barr, was one of Hong Kong's best-known entertainers and fondly called "Fei Fei" or "Fatty Shum" for her corpulent physique and exuberant personality.
    Her influence extended to greater China and Chinese communities the world over.
    Leading lights in Hong Kong's entertainment and political circles paid tribute to Shum's life and career, intertwined with the collective memories of many Hong Kong families.
    The entertainer, known for her high-pitched voice and laughter, initially built her career in Hong Kong, although her popularity later spread to Singapore, where she anchored the sitcom "Living with Lydia", speaking in accented but fluent English.
    Born in Shanghai in 1947, Shum's multi-faceted 40-year showbiz career began as a child actress with the Shaw Brothers Studio. She later became a legendary compere for the TVB variety show, "Enjoy Yourself Tonight", which turned her into a household name.
    Formerly married to actor Adam Cheng, Shum is survived by her daughter Joyce, who also has show business ambitions.
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