Truong Ngoc Anh left filming to fly to Hanoi to see her father for the last time.
The actress's father passed away this morning after a battle with esophageal cancer.
On her personal page, Truong Ngoc Anh sadly shared the news that her father passed away at 10:20 a.m. on February 10. Not long ago, the actress said that her father's health was very critical because he was in the final stages of a serious illness. She planned to go to Hanoi this Tet to be with her father and relatives. However, with only a few days left until Tet, Truong Ngoc Anh had to receive the sad news.
Truong Ngoc Anh was very sad when her father passed away on the days before Tet. |
A close friend of Truong Ngoc Anh said the actress is filming a movie.Twilight Zodiac(Hoang Dao Night) and the Hollywood crew in Ho Chi Minh City had to stop working when relatives informed her about her father's not-so-good condition. She hurriedly flew to Hanoi last night (February 9) to see her father for the last time. Because the filming schedule could not be canceled, Truong Ngoc Anh was forced to return to Ho Chi Minh City to complete the last scene tonight, then she and her daughter Bao Tien will go to Hanoi to mourn. The actress was devastated by her father's passing but still had to suppress her grief to complete the work because the filming schedule could not be canceled. Her father's funeral will be held at 3:00 p.m. on February 13 at Phung Hung Funeral Home.
Truong Ngoc Anh's father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in August 2017. This was also the time when the actress was busy with movie promotion activities.Beauty of a Thousand Poundsin which she plays the role of producer. While working, Truong Ngoc Anh also took her father to Singapore for treatment. However, her father's illness was in the final stage so surgery was not possible. The actress once confided that recently, because of worrying about her father, she had been under a lot of pressure, was always stressed and was very afraid of the sound of the phone ringing in the middle of the night.