Cheng Pei-pei, the Chinese-born actor who starred in Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and King Hu’s “Come Drink With Me,” has died. She was 78. Cheng, considered a pioneer of martial arts roles for female actors, died in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday. She had long suffered from a degenerative brain disease. https://bit.ly/4f7dKnn
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