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SUDDEN DEATH. Actor-model Godfrey Gao fell to the ground during filming due to cardiac arrest.
Photo from Godfrey Gao's Instagram account
BEIJING, China – Taiwanese-Canadian actor and supermodel Godfrey Gao, the first Asian to be the face of Louis Vuitton, died while filming a TV show in China on Wednesday, November 27.
The 35-year-old Gao collapsed in the eastern city of Ningbo while on the set of Chase Me, a competitive sports reality show in China's Zhejiang Television.
A statement from the network said Gao had slowed and fallen to the ground while running during filming, and that the hospital had confirmed it was a sudden cardiac death.
His management company Jetstar Entertainment said in a statement posted on the Twitter-like Weibo platform that Gao had fainted and was declared dead after nearly 3 hours of medical care.
The statement thanked "every fan who loves Godfrey" and said his death was "extremely painful".
In 2011 Gao became the first Asian model to be signed by Louis Vuitton, and he played the role of Magnus Bane in 2013 Hollywood action film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. – Rappler.com