Another Mediacorp actor passes away
15 May – Recently, Mediacorp actor Dai Peng passed away due to cancer, similar to another Mediacorp actor, Huang Wenyong. Although the two are both Mediacorp actors who have succumbed to the same illness, they received vastly different media coverage.
Veteran Singaporean actor Huang Wenyong was the male lead of the first SBC epic production while Dai Peng mostly starred in supporting roles as the villain. The latter was best known for starring in the MediaCorp dramas "Kopi-O II" and "Driven By A Car".
Dai Peng, whose real name is Dai Dexin, passed away at the age of 75 on 12 May 2013 at 2.30pm. Huang Wenyong also passed away earlier from the same cancer, but he was only 60.
Dai Peng started feeling unwell a month ago, so he went to the hospital for a routine check-up. Two weeks later, while the doctor was extracting bone marrow, he discovered that the actor was suffering from lymphoma.
It was already too late for the actor, considering his age. Chemotherapy drugs were given, but Dai Peng reacted negatively to them, so treatment was stopped after a week.
Dai Peng is survived by his son, Dai Li Yao, 36, who is in the advertising industry.
