Austin Wai's death mystery, Kara Hui: His Death Related to Massive Weight Loss

Austin Wai has been in over 70 films and countless martial arts TV series. A few days ago, he was found dead in his home in Beijing, he was 55. His younger sister, Kara Hui, had always been in touch with him by phone, but lately she lost contact with him.

As everything was so sudden, Kara was initially shooting her last scene in the series she had been working on in Hangzhou, but experiencing the lost of a loved one, Kara immediately stopped work and flew to Beijing to see her brother. Yesterday afternoon at 2pm, Kara appeared at the Beijing airport. She said sobbing: "I'm not going to hotel yet, going to the mortuary to see my brother first. I hope all the formalities will be done today. My sister and I hope to ship our brother's body back to HK, but if the Beijing authorities want us to first cremate the body, we will comply. Actually my brother's children really wants to see their father for the last time too and they will decide the funeral arrangements."

Austin's death is still a mystery, Kara was asked if she knew the cause of his death? She said: "I know he had gone too far with losing weight. He had been over exercising and eating very little. Perhaps he's body couldn't handle it anymore!" Asked if her mother knows about Austin's death? Kara said: "Not yet, we don't want to break her heart!"

In fact, in the past six months before Austin's death, he often made weight loss declarations on Weibo. He hoped to quickly lose 10 pounds within half a month. In May, he already lost 20 pounds, and posted pictures of his vegetarian light meal.

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Kara Hui's brother Austin Wai found dead in his Beijing home, he was 55

Martial arts star, Austin Wai Tin Chi, passed away in Beijing on October 4th at the age of 55. He recently moved to Beijing and last night, there was news of his death. His younger sister, Kara Hui sorrowfully confirmed the news. She hurried and flew to Beijing to bring her brother's body back to HK. The funeral arrangements will also be held in HK.

Kara reveals she couldn't get in touch with her brother for several days. Last night, Austin's manager discovered that he had passed away in his home in Beijing. The cause of his death is currently unknown. Austin's ex-wife was notified of his death, she signed and said life is unpredictable. Although the two have been separated for nearly 10 years, but she will allow their 16 year old son to be filial to him.

Austin was a popular martial arts star in the 70s and 80s. He was active in both the film and TV industries. Recently he moved to Beijing and rarely appeared in HK. Last night at 7:30pm, Kara announced the bad news on Weibo. She expressed in sorrow: "I am feeling very very sad. My brother, RIP. You will definitely leave well. I miss you!"

Kara accepted an interview over the phone and expressed because she has been unable to reach her brother in the last several days, she was extremely worried. Yesterday she contacted Austin's manager, the manager said once he opened the door to his home, he found Austin's body lying there. Kara immediately called the police. As she was in Hangzhou at the time, she immediately flew to Beijing to find out what was happening because they did not have any family in Beijing.

The last time we heard from Austin was on September 21st, he left a message on Weibo expressing he's health condition is not doing well. His final words were: "It's not that I don't want to update my Weibo, recently my health isn't well. First it was my arthritis pain, I went to see the doctor a month ago and now I have lots of mucus in my coughs. I had trouble breathing. I had done many physicals and still nothing is good. Later I went to the pharmacy to get medicine for 5 days, after the second day, I got a lot better. Troubling me to death."

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