Jimmy Wang Yu

Jimmy Wang Yu (Chinese: 王羽; born Wáng Zhèngquán; 28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022), was a Taiwanese actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, and The Chinese Boxer (1970).

In 1969, Wang married actress Jeanette Lin Chui, who was nine years his senior. Before that, Wang had an affair with the wife of film director Chun Kim. Chun Kim hanged himself before a divorce took place. Jeanette Lin, who had a high profile in Hong Kong cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, left the industry almost immediately after her marriage. Marriage turned out to be tumultuous for both Wang and Lin. Amid allegations of domestic violence by Wang, the marriage crumbled in 1975. Wang and Lin had three daughters; their eldest daughter Linda Wong became a popular Cantopop singer in the 1990s. Lin migrated to the United States in 1977 and died in 1995 from an asthma attack.Wang later remarried in 1978 to air hostess Wang Kaizhen (王凱貞). This marriage too proved to be a stormy relationship, and Wang Kaizhen filed for divorce. Possibly out of frustration, Wang Kaizhen started an affair with a young businessman Zhang Zhao (張昭). Having gotten wind of it, Wang, accompanied by reporters and the police, surprised the couple at their lodging and publicly exposed his wife. After public humiliation was heaped on the couple, Wang divorced his second wife in 1997.In 1981, Wang faced a murder charge in Taiwan. However, the charge was eventually dropped before it could make it to court due to lack of evidence. Wang's involvement in public brawls also made headlines from time to time.In 2011 Wang suffered a stroke which caused him to lose much of his strength in the left side of his body. However, he worked vigorously in physical therapy, even exceeding the doctor's recommended pace. He would reportedly lift his arm 1,000 times a day instead of 200, and walk three times the suggested distance. As a result of his efforts he has regained most of his ability to walk and talk, and he can lift his left arm, though he can no longer use its full strength. Since then he has tried to live as normal a life as possible, and has even returned to film work. He admitted to even driving to his physical therapy session with the use of only one arm, but explained that his daughter put a stop to that when she found out and hired him a driver.Wang died on April 5, 2022 in Taipei at the age of 79.