According to reports, at 10:18 pm on the 2nd, a 58-year-old foreign man committed suicide by burning charcoal in a room of a village house in Tai Au Mun Estate, Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung. His family members found out and hurriedly reported the case.
Rescue workers arrived at the scene and confirmed that the victim had died. There was a pot of burned charcoal nearby. Law enforcement officers confirmed that the victim was artist Ha Guorong. No suicide note was found at the scene. The cause of death has yet to be determined after an autopsy.
Hong Kong media received the news and rushed to Ha Guorong’s residence overnight and found that the police were still at the scene.
Insiders and Hong Kong media revealed that Ha Guorong’s wife died of illness last year. It is not ruled out that he committed suicide in memory of his beloved wife.
Many people don’t know his name Ha Guorong, but people who often watch old TVB dramas will suddenly realize it when they see his face. When he was participating in a program in the Mainland, many netizens called him "Sir" in the comments.
As a former TVB "Queen Sir", Ha Guorong's experience in Hong Kong was quite bumpy.
is from Gympie, Queensland, Australia. He has two younger sisters at home and his family is well off. He has had excellent grades since he was a child, and he learns what he likes very quickly.
When he was in college, influenced by international students, he loved Cantonese very much and was full of curiosity about Hong Kong.
In a performance, he sang "Monica" by Leslie Cheung, and his Chinese classmates added his English surname "rivers" to Leslie Cheung's name, which became his Chinese name.
He also likes Leslie Cheung very much. As early as 1985, Leslie Cheung went to Australia to hold a concert. In order to get close to his idol, he managed to become Leslie Cheung's dedicated driver in Australia.
A year later, he became a free driver when Alan Tam held a concert in Australia. He was also jokingly called "Alan Tam" by the staff because he sang Alan Tam's songs.
html In the late 1980s, He Guorong decided to go to Hong Kong to develop. He first taught English in a business school and looked for opportunities to settle down. Alan Tam is a very nice person. Seeing that he speaks Cantonese fluently, he invited him to be a guest at the concert for three consecutive nights to sing "Never Miss You".
After several twists and turns, he saw that TVB was recruiting foreigners who spoke Cantonese, so he went for the interview without hesitation. After several cooperations, he finally officially signed a contract with TVB in August 1988. He can be seen in many TVB films and TV series.
However, the biggest impression that more people have on him is none other than the various sires in Hong Kong dramas, such as "Forensic Pioneer II", "Criminal Intelligence Unit", "Big Time", "Miao Hands I" and many other dramas He plays all the Sirs in the movie, and he is also nicknamed TVB’s Queen Sir by netizens.
In addition to Sir, the fashion store owner Vanness he played in "Forensic Record" is also impressive.
In "The Case of the Red, White and Blue Plastic Bag Serial Murders", he played Vanness, who couldn't help but kill a woman who wore rose perfume because his cheating ex-wife liked to wear it.
The reason and incident of the murder have also become a childhood shadow for many girls.
After his contract with TVB expired, he did not renew his contract. He tried to do stage plays, hold concerts and develop in the mainland, but his career still did not improve.
Although he is still not popular, his life is not a big problem. Unexpectedly, he trusted the wrong person, was deceived by his friends, and lost all the money he made. The house leaked and it rained all night. In 2017, Ha Guorong suffered from basal cell carcinoma. Later, he had two surgeries due to irregular heartbeat. With the help of friends, he borrowed money to undergo two surgeries. After only a few days of rest after the operation, he forced himself to go filming.
The only thing that makes him happy is that no matter how poor he is, his wife is always by his side. He met his wife at a Cantonese cram school when he first came to Hong Kong to develop his career. The two registered their marriage within a year of knowing each other.
When they were in the most difficult situation, the two of them still set up a street stall to make money together. Some enthusiastic netizens went to donate money to him, but he rejected them one by one. He has publicly stated many times that he hopes enthusiastic netizens will donate money to people and charities in greater need of help.
Due to his wife’s poor health, He Guorong decided that they would not have children. He and his wife adopted stray dogs together and treated them as family members. Originally, the money he owed for the surgery was almost paid off three years ago, but because he had to treat 13 stray dogs, he was heavily in debt and owed 800,000 yuan.
When he was at his poorest, he didn't even have a hundred yuan in his pocket, and he was still in debt.
No matter how ups and downs life brings, he has always been optimistic. If there is a movie to be filmed, he will do it, and if there is not, he will find a way to make money to support his family. He mainly posts videos on video platforms to earn extra money.
When "My Motherland and Me" was released, many mainland netizens recognized him.
In recent years, he has suffered from depression, basal cell carcinoma of his right ear, acid reflux and other diseases.
His last video in the mainland was on October 7, 2022. At that time, many netizens thought he had returned abroad.
I didn’t expect that he would be in the news again. He actually died due to burning charcoal. I hope he has a good journey!
