Tribute to Fei Fei

Veteran Hong Kong actress Lydia Sum, known for her iconic black-rimmed glasses and starring role in a range of film and TV comedies, has died at the age of 60. Al Jazzera

The actress - affectionately known as Fei-fei, or "Fatty" - died on Tuesday morning at Hong Kong's Queen Mary hospital.

Shum was born in July, 1947 into a well-off large family in Shanghai and ranked the fifth among the family's eight children. She made her film debut in 1960, joined the Hong Kong-based Shaw Brothers, a famous film company, as a child actress and rose to stardom with the free-to-air television broadcaster TVB's variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight, which was hugely popular in Hong Kong for over 20 years. With her signature smile, dark-rimmed glasses and comic hairstyle, Shum established herself as a comic and dramatic actress. China View

Fei Fei will always be remembered as one of the HK stars we literally grew up with spanning three decades. My favorite movies that she had starred in were the Mad Mad World Series. I have bought the VCD and DVD versions of the movies and had watched them hundred times without getting bored. We will dearly miss her.