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Her family confirmed her death.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThanks for all the concern. Over the Chinese New Year period, our entire family travelled to Japan for a holiday, and my most beloved, kindest elder sister Barbie came down with influenza-related pneumonia and has unfortunately left us,\u201d read the statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI am thankful to be her sister in this life, and grateful that we have taken care of each other and kept each other company all these years. I will always be thankful to her and remember her. Shan (Barbie Hsu\u2019s nickname), rest in peace. We love you always. Together remember forever,\u201d added the statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The statement was sent to Taiwanese media by her family via the manager of her younger sister, famed TV host Dee Hsu.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Barbie\u2019s co-starts in Meteor Garden Jerry Yan and Ken Chu posted a heartfelt tribute to Barbie.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “Thankful for meeting you. In your carefree childlike years, you used to say, treat every day as if it were your last. To have a good time. May this time you walk slowly. From now on, in another world, there will be no troubles and the years will be peaceful,” Jerry\u2019s Instagram post read.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ken also paid tribute to his Meteor Garden co-star following the actress’s untimely passing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Instagram stories Monday, the Taiwanese singer and actor posted a solid black photo.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also reposted a throwback photo of the cast of Meteor Garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Animal rights group PETA said it was “heartbroken” over Barbie\u2019s death, noting she was “one of the first and biggest stars” to support the organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Filipino fans and netizens are also mourning Barbie\u2019s death.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Barbie played the role of Shan Cai in the 2001 hit drama Meteor Garden, which she co-starred with Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Vanness Wu, and Ken Chu.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meteor Garden was the first ever live-adaptation series of Yoko Kamio\u2019s manga series Boys over Flowers, and quickly rose to fame after a successful first season that spanned 27 episodes. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The now-iconic idol drama became a cultural phenomenon in the Philippines at the time of its release, becoming one of the highest-rating shows on local television, and paving the way for more appreciation for Asianovelas. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Barbie married Chinese businessman Wang Xiaofei in 2010 and they had two children, according to Taiwanese media.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TAIWANESE star Barbie Hsu who played the role of Shan Cai in the 2001 popular drama show Meteor Garden on Monday died of pneumonia. She<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11634,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11631\/revisions\/11634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/meteor-garden.jpg\")
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