Taiwan artist Beatrice Xu (Hsu Wei Lun, 1978-2007) passed away on Sunday evening (Jan 28).
Beatrice met with a car accident on late Friday night (Jan 26) and suffered serious injuries, she finally passed away after nearly 43 hours of rescue. Beatrice died of low oxygen level that was caused by her head injury.
Beatrice was quite popular in Taiwan; she was dubbed Angel by her fans, and was good buddy of other famous stars like Ariel Lin, Cyndi Wang, Joe Cheng and Rainie Yang etc.
Rest in peace, dear Beatrice.
[Beatrice's biography]
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[Image credits to Yule.sohu.com]
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[Image credits to Eastday.com]
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