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Hits home the hard truth 生老病死 inescapable, seeing his acting since he youngish

Poor dude who just couldn't get a break from a life of hard luck and misfortune. He was one of SBCs  finer actors during its hey day. But since Mediacorpse throughout its various iterations from inception till today only valued external looks and not acting ability, these gan cao actors were never appreciated, resulting in them having to leave the place for a better take home pay elsewhere.
According to lianhe zaobao , Duan Weiming even had to see to his adoptive mother's funeral arrangements just before undergoing his amputation surgery. Really one tragic blow after another.