Andy Lau recently admitted that he had only learned of old friend Danny Poon’s passing only after he had died.
The actor, who was asked about the former actor’s passing during the McDonald’s Children’s Charity Marathon in Hong Kong on 18 April, solemnly admitted that he knew about it and that it happened before the Lunar New Year.
It is noted that Danny’s death was confirmed through the “In Memoriam” section of the official souvenir magazine for the 44th Hong Kong Film Awards, with no details regarding the date of his passing or even the cause of death.
Andy admitted that he and Danny had not been in contact for decades, so he only learned of Danny’s passing when he received the news.
When pressed by the media about the last time they met, whether he knew about Danny’s funeral arrangements, and whether he would do anything for Danny, Andy only responded, “I’ll talk to you about these things privately.”
It is noted that Danny and Andy were both the alumni of TVB’s Acting Training Class of 1981. The two were inseparable in their early years, sharing an apartment and earning the nickname “Siamese twins” from the media. It was also rumoured that Andy would entrust Danny, who starred in numerous classics like “Police Cadet ’84” and “The Duke of Mount Deer,” to cover up his relationship with his now wife Carol Chu at the time.
Danny retired from showbiz in 1998, and seemed to have cut ties with everybody involved in the industry since then.
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