[2025.11.06] VETERAN ACTOR SAM LAM SHEUNG MO PASSED AWAY FROM A HEART ATTACK AT AGE 75

In 2017 Sam Lam appeared at the HKBU fundraising special sharing session of the play OUR TOWN, and was emaciated at that time. 
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Veteran actor Sam Lam Sheung Mo died of a heart attack the day before yesterday at the age of 75. After graduating from Hong Kong Baptist College (now Hong Kong Baptist University) with a degree in Chinese, he later joined the Communication Department Broadcast Television Production Team. Lam joined the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre in 1978 and was one of the first 10 full-time actors recruited. He has performed in many stage plays and a stalwart in the Hong Kong theater industry, as well as in films. In 1989 Lam Sheung Mo won the Best Actor Award in the Stage Category from the Artists Federation and then joined TVB, participating in a number of dramas including A TIME OF TASTE, BESIDE THE SEASIDE, BESIDE TEH SEA, THE CHALLENGE OF LIFE, THE LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES and THE FILE OF JUSTICE II, etc., before leaving the nest in 1996.

Lam Sheung Mo suffered from nasopharyngeal cancer in 1994 and retreated behind the scenes to work as a screenwriter, editor, performing arts educator and stage manager, and returned to the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre from 1997 to 2004 to work in the Education and Development Department. In 2005 he served as an instructor of the performing arts course of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Guild. After recovering from cancer, Lam Sheung Mo faced many physical difficulties; due to nasopharyngeal cancer affecting the cervical nerve, he suffered from slurred speech after completing chemotherapy. In 2004 he became deaf in his right ear due to cold bacteria entering his ear. In 2009 he suffered from severe migraine and disbanded the "Rulin Service Society" drama troupe he established. After 10 months of near-autistic right ear deafness and speechlessness, he gradually recovered, and continued to work as a freelance editor and volunteer for an online channel for two years. In 2013 Lam Sheung Mo was awarded the Outstanding Life Award by the "Top 10 Warriors for Regeneration", and in 2017 he attended the HKBU fundraising special session sharing session of the stage play OUR TOWN at the Sunbeam Theatre in North Point. At the time he was thin and needed to wear a hearing aid. In recent years he often shared poems and lyrics on social media and opened his own online channel to share his life philosophy.