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Director Yang Dies
2 July 2007 (WENN)
Chinese director Edward Yang died on Friday following a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. The Yi Yi (A One And A Two) filmmaker died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, of complications from the deadly disease, which he had been fighting for seven years. After starting a career as a computer engineer, Yang started his film career in the early 1980s after being inspired by Werner Herzog's Aguirre The Wrath Of God. His filmography includes A Brighter Summer Day, Mahjong, and That Day on the Beach. He is survived by his widow, pianist Kaili Peng and their son.