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Film star returns to Taipei after mother's suicide
DPA
, TAIPEI,
Thursday, Dec 05, 2002, Page 2
Veteran star Brigitte Lin (ªL«CÁø) rushed back from Hong Kong yesterday following her mother's suicide earlier in the day.
Lin at CKS International Airport aboard a Cathay Pacific flight shortly after 10am and was immediately surrounded by a hoard of reporters and photographers. She got into a waiting limousine and left for the morgue to see her mother's body.
At about 2am yesterday, Lin's mother, 71, jumped from the balcony of the 12th-floor apartment on Jen Ai Road that she shared with her husband and a Filipino maid.
A janitor heard a thud and found her body on the pavement. She was rushed to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Lin's suffered from depression for a long time and had attempted suicide several times.
Lin in more than 100 films and was rated as one of the top actresses in Asia. She retired from showbusiness in 1994 after marrying Michael Ying, chairman of the Hong Kong-based international fashion chain Esprit Holdings Ltd.
She lives in Hong Kong with her husband and two daughters but returns every few weeks to Taipei to visit her parents.
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