Jimmy Wang Yu, once a superstar of multiple Asian martial arts genres, died on Tuesday. He was 79. News of his death in a Taipei hospital was posted on social media by Wang’s daughter Linda, herself a ...

Jimmy Wang Yu's daughter Linda Wang announced her father died in a Taipei hospital on Tuesday via Instagram Shafiq Najib is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2023. Jimmy Wang Yu, ...

Taiwanese martial-arts film star Jimmy Wang Yu died on April 5 at a hospital in Taipei, his daughter, Linda Wong announced on Instagram. ‘With utmost sorrow, I inform everyone that our beloved father ...

One of the two greatest martial arts icons of all time went up against the genre's very first star - not once, but twice - on the big screen. Over the course of Jackie Chan's long career, he's ...

A wuxia icon, Wang was a breakout star for Shaw Brothers Studio, starring in classic films such as 'One-Armed Swordsman,' 'Golden Swallow' and the highly influential 'The Chinese Boxer.' By Abid ...

Jimmy Wang Yu battles crime lord George Lazenby in a scene from the film 'The Dragon Flies', 1975. (Photo by 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images) Taiwanese martial-arts film star Jimmy Wang Yu died on April ...

Jimmy Wang Yu, the trailblazing martial artist who starred in classic Hong Kong movies Golden Swallow, One-Armed Swordsman and The Chinese Boxer and paved the way for the likes of Jackie Chan and ...