Chinese actress Cheng Pei-Pei has died aged 78. The action star, best known for her role in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, died on Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Cheng Pei-pei, the Chinese-born martial arts actress who starred in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died her family announced on Friday. She was 78. Cheng, who had been diagnosed ...