Shih Kien Dies
5 June 2009 6:30 PM, PDT

Chinese movie star Shih Kien has died at the age of 96.

Shih will be best remembered for his role as Bruce Lee's rival in hit 1973 movie Enter the Dragon - but he enjoyed a staggeringly prolific 50-year career, starring in around 350 films.

He died in a hospital in Hong Kong on Wednesday (3Jun09) surrounded by family members.

Hong Kong Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Gregory So said the state had lost an "outstanding performing arts talent".

-IMDB News

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There's an interesting note here that his voice in Enter the Dragon was dubbed over in English by Keye Luke (the blind master in Kung Fu) because Shih Kien did not speak English.

Now Carradine, Luke, and Kien are all no longer with us.:(

Plus Carradine and Kien both had close ties with Bruce Lee, and they both go in the same week. That's kind of eerie. :eek:

Plus Carradine and Kien both had close ties with Bruce Lee, and they both go in the same week. That's kind of eerie. :eek:

Actually it was the same day June 3, 2009.

Actually it was the same day June 3, 2009.
That just makes it even creepier!! :eek: