Jimmy Wang Yu

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Jimmy Wang Yu
王羽
Wang in 1960s
Born	Wang Zhengquan (1943-03-28)28 March 1943 Shanghai, Republic of China
Died	5 April 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 79) Cheng Hsin Hospital, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Occupations	Actor director producer screenwriter
Years active	1960–2013
Spouses	Jeanette Lin Chui ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1975)​ Wang Kaizhen ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1997)​
Children	3, including Linda Wong
Chinese name
Chinese	王羽
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Yǔ Wade–Giles Wáng Yǚ IPA [wǎŋ ỳ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wòhng Yyúh Jyutping Wong4 Jyu5 IPA [wɔ̏ːŋ jy̬ː] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ông-Ú
Wang Zhengquan
Traditional Chinese	王正權
Simplified Chinese	王正权
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Zhèngquán Wade–Giles Wáng Chèng-ch'ǘan Tongyong Pinyin Wáng Jhèngcyuán Yale Romanization Wáng Jèngchywán Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wòhng Jeng Kyùhn Jyutping Wong4 Zeng3 Kyun4 IPA [wɔ̏ːŋ tsɛ̄ːŋ kʰy̏ːn] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Ông Chèng-kôan

James Wang Yu (28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022)^[1] was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and wuxia cinema. At the height of his fame in the 1970s, he was the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world. According to The New York Times, Wang was "the biggest star of Asian martial arts cinema until the emergence of Bruce Lee."^[2]

Wang Yu was well known for his volatile personality and ties to organized crime off-screen. He was a suspected member of the Bamboo Union triad, and was charged in the 1981 murder of several Four Seas Gang members, though he was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.