Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) has died of pneumonia at the age of 48 while on a trip to Japan, where she contracted influenza during the Lunar New Year holiday, her sister confirmed today through an agent.

Barbie Hsu, the Taiwanese performer best known for the Asian drama 'Meteor Garden,' has died after contracting pneumonia triggered by the flu. She was 48.

Taiwanese singer-actress Barbie Hsu has died at the age of 48 from influenza complications. Rumours of her death first spread online on Sunday (Feb 2) and only intensified after her ex-husband Wang Xiaofei changed his profile picture on his social media platforms to black.