According to Beijing Youth Daily, reporters learned that the voice actor Shi Banyu, known as "Stephen Chow's Queen Dub", passed away in Beijing on the morning of September 17 at the age of 66. His family posted an obituary via social media. According to Southern Metropolis Daily,

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According to Beijing Youth Daily, reporters learned that dubbing actor Shi Banyu, known as "Stephen Chow's Queen Dubbing", passed away in Beijing on the morning of September 17 at the age of 66.. His family posted an obituary via social media.

According to Southern Metropolis Daily, Shi Banyu’s agent revealed, “The cause (of death) was cardiac arrest, which was very sudden.” According to Red Star News, the farewell ceremony of Shi Banyu will be held in Beijing on September 20.

Shi Banyu, whose real name is Shi Renmao, was born on March 9, 1958 in Taiwan, China, and his ancestral home is Guilin, Guangxi. He entered the dubbing industry in 1985 and studied under Master Chen Mingyang, who is known as the "Taiwanese Dubbing Emperor".

His cooperation with Stephen Chow started in the 1990 movie "The Gambler". At that time, Stephen Chow's character in the movie was in urgent need of Mandarin dubbing, so someone recommended Shi Banyu. Stephen Chow and were very satisfied with Shi Banyu's dubbing and asked him to continue dubbing for him, so the two began to cooperate.

From "The Gambler", "The Deer and the Cauldron", "Westward Journey" to "The King of Comedy", "Kung Fu" and "Yangtze River No. 7", in the past 20 years, almost all movie roles played by Stephen Chow were dubbed by Shi Banyu . so that in many people's minds, Shi Banyu's voice is the standard for Stephen Chow movies.

In addition to Stephen Chow's movies, Shi Banyu has also dubbed for other film and television dramas such as "Young and Dangerous", "The Great and Powerful", "The King of Storms" and so on. It is reported that he has dubbed more than 300 film and television dramas since his career, including the classic TV series "The Legend of White Snake", in which Shi Banyu dubbed 16 characters.

Stephen Chow posted on his social media: "I will always miss Mr. Shi Banyu."

Netizens expressed shock at this and regretted that it was "too sudden." Some netizens said, " Mainland audiences' awareness of Stephen Chow is half From his voice ".

Stephen Chow posted on his social media: "I will always miss Mr. Shi Banyu."

Netizens expressed shock at this and regretted that it was "too sudden." Some netizens said, " Mainland audiences' awareness of Stephen Chow is half From his voice ".