Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu dies of pneumonia at 48

Death of 'Meteor Garden' star known as 'Da S' caught the flu visiting Japan

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Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu while promoting her movie "Future X-Cops" on March 29, 2010. Her star shot across Asia at the turn of the century thanks to her role in the romance drama "Meteor Garden." © AP

TAIPEI (AP) -- Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress who starred in the popular TV drama "Meteor Garden" that once swept Asia, died after contracting pneumonia triggered by the flu. She was 48.

Hsu, better known as "Da S," which means "Big S," caught the flu when she visited Japan with her family during the Lunar New Year, according to her younger sister, Dee Hsu, also a famed TV host. Dee Hsu said the pneumonia was a flu complication.

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