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Taiwanese-Canadian Actor Godfrey Gao Dies at 35 Years Old From Heart Attack Filming C-variety Show

FUCK YOU 2019. Seriously. I cannot believe I am writing about two Asian celebrity deaths in the same week. One is already insane and painful, two just confirms this is one of the worst years ever in blogging about East Asian entertainment. News reports have confirmed that Taiwanese-Canadian heartthrob actor Godfrey Gao (Gao Yi Xiang) has died. He was 35 years old and judging from his fit physique seemed to be in the prime of health and life. He was filming a variety show called Catch Me for China’s Zhejiang Television which was a two team chasing show that was filmed at night. At 2 am during filming he suddenly called out “I can’t handle it anymore” and collapsed. CPR was done on him by paramedics on the scene and his heart stopped for 3 minutes. He was transported to the ER and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. It was reportedly a massive heart attack. Rest in peace, Godfrey, I don’t even know what else to say. My heart is just wrecked right now.

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  • It’s way too sudden. I just saw this morning of a post by Cindy Yen with Godfrey Gao and Marcus Chang on her Ig and now at night time I receive news that he has passed. May Godfrey Rest In Peace. His smoldering hotness shall not be forgotten by the living on this earth.

  • This is too horrible.
    I looked him up on Mydramalist just yesterday to see what he was currently working on. I can't believe it.

  • Sudden death isn't always so sudden. No matter how young, energetic and healthy you feel, looking out for yourself should be top priority. He was so young and very talented. I watched COB twice because of him. Tragic.

  • 2019 is really a very bad year indeed. May he pest in peace.

    C-netz are in an uproar over this issue. They were upset by the variety show and broadcast company's actions of removing online comments, bringing down search terms relating to the actor and replacing with their variety show's search term instead during the first few hours.

    It was reported that the production team did not administer CPR on him immediately, the camera crew continued filming after he fainted, thinking it was an act. They only reacted when the other celebrities yelled at them to do something. The doctor took 10-15 minutes to arrive on site when there should have been an ambulance on stand-by for this kind of dangerous variety show.

    The variety show also took more than 8 hours to confirm the news of his death when he was pronounced dead 3 hours after the incident.

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