The boo-boo began after veteran actress Helen Ma wrote on Weibo last Saturday that Wang has died and paid tribute to the 77-year-old actor.
The media sought confirmation with Wong after the news went viral, but she said that her father is alive.Ma later explained that she was misled by someone from a message group before she eventually deleted her initial post. Wang has not been seen in public in recent years after suffering a second stroke in 2016. He is in stable condition and being treated in a hospital, said his younger daughter Carol Wong.
The veteran actor, best known for playing the one-armed swordsman in the 1967 movie of the same name, did not attend the Golden Horse Awards in Taipei last year to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award. Daughters Linda and Carol received it on his behalf.