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Barbie Hsu, the Taiwanese star who played Shan Cai in the iconic drama show “Meteor Garden” (2001), died of pneumonia on Monday. She was 48.

Popularly known as ‘Big S’, Barbie Hsu began her career in 1994 in the pop duo SOS before starring in a number of hit films and TV series.