Family brings actress Barbie Hsu's ashes home, no funeral planned

[Focus Taiwan] - 02/5/2025

Taipei, Feb. 5 (CNA) Actress Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) has returned home to Taiwan, and there are no plans to hold a funeral for the TV star who died in Japan from influenza-induced pneumonia, her family said in a statement Wednesday evening.



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