Tay Ping Hui’s mother has died.
The Singaporean actor, who turns 56 in November, announced the news in an Instagram post today (Aug 13).
His mother, whose age was not shared, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year. Though the tumour got smaller through radiation and chemotherapy, it recently grew with the cancer spreading to her liver.
She died more than a week ago and an exact date was not specified.
“I have been unable to bring myself to post anything remotely happy because it has been physically, mentally and emotionally challenging over the past few months,” Ping Hui said.
He added it was a “painful and heartbreaking journey” and briefly shared that his family had taken turns to accompany her in the hospital room as she also had dementia.
“If I can sum up mum’s life, I would choose the word ‘love’. Because mum loved to cook, she loved to eat, she loved to chat, she loved mahjong, she loved her grandchildren, she loved her children, she loved my father, but most of all, she loved life, and I can say without any doubt, that we loved her as much,” he wrote.
He left a message to his mother at the end of the post.
“My sweet mummy. Life without you will never be the same. I miss you calling me ‘ah boy’ and I will miss you until we finally meet again,” he said.
“Mum, wait for me. Farewell my dearest mummy. I love you.”
Local celebrities including Zhu Houren, Jesseca Liu, Cynthia Koh and Priscelia Chan conveyed their condolences in the comments section.
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