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Taiwanese-Canadian actor Godfrey Gao collapses and dies while shooting reality show in China

Taiwanese-Canadian actor Godfrey Gao died early Wednesday, November 27, 2019, after collapsing during the filming of a reality television show in eastern China. He was 35.

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