{{Short description|Hong Kong actor (1944–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Expand Chinese|topic=bio|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Yue Chi-Ming | image = Yue_Chi-ming_non-free.jpeg | native_name = 余子明 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_date = {{Birth-date|10 December 1944}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | death_date = {{Death-date and age|10 November 2022|10 December 1944}} | death_place = Hong Kong | other_names = Yu Chi-ming | occupation = Actor }}
'''Yue Chi-ming''' ({{Lang-zh|余子明}}; 10 December 1944 – 10 November 2022) was a Hong Kong actor and singer.
== Life and career == Born in Hong Kong, Chi-ming started his career as a news reporter before transitioned to a singer after winning an amateur singing contest in 1968,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sls.hkpl.gov.hk/digital-collection/en/contentcoverpage.html?currentPosition=1&catalogueId=19d0d0839cb711ef9c2&mainKeyword=%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%B7%A5%E5%95%86%E6%97%A5%E5%A0%B1+1970-05-02&isHKMP= |title=新聞記者余子明 以一曲「曼莉」進入歌壇 |access-date=29 December 2025 |newspaper=Kung Cheung Daily News |date=1970-05-02 |page=3 |language=Chinese |trans-title=Journalist Yu Chi Ming enters the music industry with the song "Manli"}}</ref> and in 1976 he was put under contract as an actor by the TVB broadcaster, making his acting debut in the TV-series ''Huānlè jīn xiāo'' ({{Lang-zh|欢乐金宵}}; "Happy Golden Night").<ref name="bio">{{Cite news |date=10 November 2022 |title=78歲余子明逝世 曾效力TVB超過40年《封神榜》演姜子牙最經典 |language=zh-HK |work=HK01 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E5%A8%9B%E6%A8%82/835003/78%E6%AD%B2%E4%BD%99%E5%AD%90%E6%98%8E%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96-%E6%9B%BE%E6%95%88%E5%8A%9Btvb%E8%B6%85%E9%81%8E40%E5%B9%B4-%E5%B0%81%E7%A5%9E%E6%A6%9C-%E6%BC%94%E5%A7%9C%E5%AD%90%E7%89%99%E6%9C%80%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8 |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="bio2">{{cite news |title=余子明逝世, 拍剧曾至脑溢血忍痛完成工作, 专业精神令人佩服 |url=https://www.stnn.cc/c/2022/1111/3780509.shtml |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=星岛环球网 |language=zh-cn}}</ref> In 1986 he left the showbusiness and moved with his family to Vancouver; returned to Hong Kong in 1997, he successfully reprised his career, specializing in roles of Teochew people, eunuchs and elder characters.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="bio2" />
Yue died of complications of a stroke on 10 November 2022, at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite news |title=香港资深演员余子明因病逝世 终年78岁 {{!}} 娱乐 |url=https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/entertainment/2022/11/10/525114 |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=Oriental Daily News |date=10 November 2022 |language=zh-Hans}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{imdb name|nm2268726}} * [https://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4364 Yue Chi-ming] at Hong Kong Movie Database
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chi-Ming, Yue}} Category:1944 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Hong Kong male film actors Category:Hong Kong male singers Category:Hong Kong male television actors