Elizabeth Sung, ‘Joy Luck Club,' ‘Young and the Restless' star, dies

Ray Sawyer of Dr Hook And The Medicine Show performs live in Amsterdam in October 1973. Sawyer, who sang lead vocals for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's 1972 hit, "Cover of the Rolling Stone," died Dec. 28, 2018, a band spokesman confirmed. He was 81.

Actress and director Penny Marshall died at age 75 from diabetes complications. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

 

Former Atlanta Falcons All-Pro offensive lineman Bill Fralic died Dec. 13. He was 56.

Legendary jazz singer Nancy Wilson won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album for "Turned to Blue" in 2007. Wilson died at her home in California on Dec. 13, 2018, after a long illness.

Actress Sondra Locke in the 1977 action thriller 'The Gauntlet' directed by her boyfriend at the time Clint Eastwood. Photo: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

Musician Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks perform onstage during day 2 of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 14, 2012 in Indio, California. Photo: Karl Walter

Michele Carey, who died at age 75, starred in the 1967 film ‘El Dorado,’ with James Caan and director Howard Hawks. She also starred in ‘The Wild Wild West’ (1965) and ‘Live a Little, Love a Little’ (1968) with Elvis Presley. Photo: Wikicommons

Actor Ken Berry, known for bringing laughs as Capt. Wilton Parmenter on TV's 'F Troop' and Vinton Harper on 'Mama's Family,' died Dec. 1, 2018 at age 85, multiple news outlets are reporting.

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Nov. 30. He was 94.

"SpongeBob SquarePants" creator Stephen Hillenburg died after a battle with ALS at age 57. (Dimitrios Kambouris)

In this Nov. 19, 2013, file photo, Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci holds a star plaque at a ceremony in his honor as he makes a rare visit to his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.
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Ricky Jay's manager confirmed the magician and actor died on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018. He was 72.

Bob McNair, founder and owner of the NFL's Houston Texans, died Nov. 23. He was 80.

Ray Chavez, the oldest surviving veteran from the attack on Pearl Harbor, died Nov. 21, 018. He was 106.

LFO singer Devin Lima died of cancer at age 41 Nov. 21. (Marsaili Mcgrath/Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 22: Roy Clark talks at Center Stage at The Opry celebrating Minnie Pearl's 100th at The Grand Ole Opry on October 22, 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Beth Gwinn/Getty Images)

Katherine "Scottie" MacGregor, who played Harriet Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie," died Nov. 13. She was 93. (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

Stan Lee speaks onstage at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic-Con at Los Angeles Convention Center on October 28, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Lee died Nov. 12 at the age of 95. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for Entertainment Weekly)

Douglas Rain, who supplied the voice of the HAL 9000 computer in the 1968 film "2001: A Space Odyssey," died Nov. 11. He was 90. (Jeff Goode/Toronto Star/Getty Images)

Penn State great Wally Triplett, 92, passed away Thursday, Nov. 9, 2018, the Detroit Lions announced. Triplett left his indelible mark on NFL history by becoming the first African-American player to be drafted and play for an NFL team.

 

Former Jacksonville Jaguars lineman Vince Manuai was found dead at his Hawaii apartment. He was 38. 

Roy Hargrove performs at the 2013 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition at The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts on September 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Hargrove died Nov. 2, 2018 in New York City. He was 49.

Playwright, author and poet Ntozake Shange died at age 70 on October 28, 2019.  

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died from cancer Oct. 15 at the age of 65, according to a statement from his family and Microsoft.

Actress Peggy McCay, who played Caroline Brady on "Days of Our Lives," died Oct. 7 at the age of 90. (David Becker/Getty Images)

Alex Spanos, longtime owner of the NFL's Chargers, died Oct. 9. He was 95. (Stephen Dunn/Allsport)

Actor Scott Wilson, better known as Hershel Greene on “The Walking Dead,” died Oct. 6, 2018, according to multiple outlets. He was 76.

Dave Anderson, right, a Pulitzer Prize-winning sports columnist for The New York Times, died Oct. 4. He was 89.

Geoff Emerick, recording engineer for the Beatles, died Oct. 2. He was 72. (Rory Doyle/WireImage)

Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane performs on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 17 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesActor Bill Daily pictured in 2007 t the Paley Center for Media and TV Land salute of "The Bob Newhart Show" at the Paley Center for Media. Daily died in 2018 of natural causes, his son said. 

Rapper Mac Miller performs onstage during the Smokers Club Festival at The Queen Mary on April 29, 2018 in Long Beach, California. He died Sept. 7. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

Actor Burt Reynolds attends the screening of "The Bandit" during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theatre on March 12, 2016 in Austin, Texas. Reynolds died Sept. 6 at the age of 82.

Conway Savage, the pianist for Nick Cave & the Seeds, died Sept. 1 at the age of 58.

Playwright Neil Simon died Aug. 26, 2018. He was 91.  (Cipriani, NYC)

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks after he was presented with the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal during a special Twilight Tattoo performance November 14, 2017 at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia. McCain died Saturday, Aug. 25.

Robin Leach on the red carpet at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. Leach, known for his show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," died Aug. 24, at the age of 76.

Ed King, a guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd, died at his home in Tennessee on Aug. 22, 2018. He was 68.

In this Jan. 4, 1967 file photo, Barbara Harris receives Cue Magazine's "Entertainer of the Year" award from director Mike Nichols in New York. Harris died Aug. 21 at the age of 83.

Kofi Annan, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, died Aug. 18 at age 80.

Korn frontman Jonathan Davis' estranged wife, Devin Davis, died at age 39 on Aug. 18, 2018.

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, shows singer Aretha Franklin performing during the BET Honors at the Warner Theatre in Washington. Franklin died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at her home in Detroit. She was 76. ()

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 05: Charlotte Rae attends the opening night of "Assisted Living" at The Odyssey Theatre on April 5, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Rae's death was announced Sunday. She was 92. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 04: Hall of Fame member Nikolai Volkoff attends the "Big Event" at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel on March 4, 2017 in New York City. (George Napolitano/ MediaPunch/IPX)

Pro golfer Bruce Lietzke, 67, died after a battle with brain cancer on July 28, 2018. (Darren Carroll/Getty Images)

Tony Sparano, interim head coach of the Oakland Raiders looks on as his players warm up before a game between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on December 28, 2014 in Denver, Colorado. 

Nancy Sinatra Sr. is flanked by her daughters, Nancy Sinatra Jr., left, and Tina Sinatra. The Sinatra matriarch died Friday. She was 101. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Film subject Tab Hunter takes part in a Q&A following the "Tab Hunter Confidential" premiere during the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Topfer Theatre at ZACH. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSW)

French film director Claude Lanzmann attends the 33rd annual dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France on March 7, 2018, in Paris. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / LUDOVIC MARIN 

Former WWE star Matt Cappotelli died at age 38 after a long battle with cancer, his wife Lindsay Cappotelli and WWE announced on June 30. (WWE)

Joe Jackson, the father of the late pop singer Michael Jackson and the patriarch of the Jackson family, died Wednesday, June 27, 2018. He was 89.

Former Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul died June 22. He was 54. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

WWE wrestler Big Van Vader in 2015 at a WWE Hall of Fame Induction. Vader died at age 63 in 2018.

Matt Murphy died at 88. In this photo, he performs on stage during the 2013 Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden on April 12, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Actor and singer-songwriter Jackson Odell, left, was found dead at his California home on June 8. He was 20. Photo: David Livingston/Getty Images

Eunice Gayson arrives at the after party for the world premiere of Skyfall on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in London. The first "Bond Girl," Gayson died on June 10, 2018, at the age of 90. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

Anthony Bourdain attends "WASTED! The Story of Food Waste" Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 22, 2017 in New York City.  Bourdain was 61.

Designer Kate Spade attends the Tribeca Ball 2011 at the New York Academy of Art on April 4, 2011 in New York City. Spade died at age 55 in 2018. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for New York Academy of Art)

Jerry Maren, the last surviving Munchkin from "The Wizard of Oz" has died at age 98 in May 2018, family confirms. (David Livingston/Getty Images)

Actor Robert Mandan, who starred in the ABC situation comedy "Soap" from 1977 to 1981, died at 86. Mandan's April 29, 2018, death was confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on June 3, 2018.

Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, died at the age of 86 on May 26, 2018 in Houston.

Elizabeth Sung attends the opening night premiere of 'Searching' at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival at Directors Guild Theatre on May 3, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. She died at the age of 63.

In this Sept. 8, 2008, file photo, author Philip Roth poses for a photo in the offices of his publisher, Houghton Mifflin, in New York. Roth has died at age 85, his literary agent said Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Actress Patricia Morison, who portrayed the shrewish Lilli Vanessi in the Broadway hit, "Kiss Me, Kate," died Sunday.

Acclaimed author Tom Wolfe died in New York City on Monday, May 14, 2018, his literary agent said. He was 88. (Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

Actress Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder, who rose to fame for her portrayal of Lois Lane in the "Superman" film series, died Sunday, May 13, 2018. She was 69. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

James Avery, founder of James Avery Artisan Jewelry, died Monday, April 30 at the age of 96. The company was founded in 1954 in Kerrville, Texas and today operates 80 stores in five states. (Photo: Business Wire via AP) 

Actress Pamela Gidley, seen here in "The Pretender," died at age 52 April 16, 2018. (Getty Images)

This Aug. 30, 2011 photo shows Larry Harvey, co-founder of the Burning Man festival, during a party at Media Mecca, the communications center during the festival in the Black Rock Desert in Northern Nevada.

Charles Neville performs in 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Neville died at age 79 of pancreatic cancer. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

Actor Verne Troyer died Saturday at 49. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)

R. Lee Ermey died Sunday, April 15, at 74. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Academy Award winning director Milos Forman died April 13, 2018. He was 86. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images)

Prominent South African anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who was previously married to the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela, died on Monday, April 2, 2018. She was 81. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Television writer/producer Steven Bochco, a writer and producer known for creating "Hill Street Blues," has died. He was 74. A family spokesman says Bochco died Sunday, April 1, 2018, in his sleep after a battle with cancer.

 

This undated file photo, location unknown, shows Linda Brown. Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died at age 76.

Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus poses with a toy truck in this undated photo. Company officials announced on Thursday, March 22, 2018, that Lazarus had died. He was 94. (Jacques M. Chenet/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Hazel Smith during 54th Annual BMI Country Awards - Arrivals at BMI Offices in 2006. The "outlaw country" journalist died in 2018 at age 83. (Photo by Tony R. Phipps/WireImage for BMI Nashville)

Barack Obama delivers remarks presents pioneering pediatrician Dr. Berry Brazelton the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation's second-highest civilian honor. Brazelton died at his Cape Cod home on March 13. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Professor Stephen Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, on March 14. He was 76. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Craig Mack (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy leaves the Saint-Louis en l'Ile church in Paris. French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, has died at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Michael Sawyer, File)

Tower Records founder Russ Solomon pictured in 2008. Solomon died March 4, 2018, of a heart attack.

Actor David Ogden Stiers died Saturday at 75. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

A 1950 publicity photo of actress, comedian Nanette Fabray, who starred on stage and screen, earning three Emmys and a Tony Award in a career that spanned more than 40 years. Fabray died on Feb. 22, 2018 at her home in Palos Verdes, California.

In this file photo dated April 27, 1999, British actress Emma Chambers on the des carpet in London. The actress has died of natural causes at the age of 53, according to an announcement from her agent John Grant, Saturday Feb. 24, 2018.

FILE PHOTO: Evangelist Billy Graham addresses the audience from the stage during the Billy Graham Library Dedication Service on May 31, 2007 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Reg E. Cathey, winner of the award for guest actor in a drama for "House of Cards," poses in the press room during the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. His death was announced Feb. 9. He was 59. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Edwin Jackson #53 of the Indianapolis Colts celebrates after stopping Matt Forte #22 of the New York Jets in the second quarter during their game at MetLife Stadium on December 5, 2016 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Indiana Pacers' Rasual Butler gestures during the NBA Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat in Indianapolis. Authorities say Butler and his wife Leah LaBelle died in a single-car crash Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police confirmed on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018, that actor Mark Salling died. Best known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on "Glee," Salling was 35 years old.

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NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 25: Jim Rodford of The Zombies performs at 3rd & Lindsley on April 25, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. Rodford died Saturday, Jan. 20. He was 76. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images)

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 1977 file photo, Jo Jo White, left, of Boston Celtics, drives past Chicago Bulls' Wilbur Holland (12) during an NBA basketball game in Chicago. The Hall of Famer, two-time NBA champion and Olympic gold medalist died at 71. 

FILE - In this June 17, 2008 file photo, gospel singer Edwin Hawkins performs during an event celebrating Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Irish singer Dolores O’Riordan performs at the Vatican Christmas Concert, the annual fundraiser raising funds to build churches in outlying neighbourhoods of Rome, at the Paul VI Hall on December 3, 2005 in Vatican City. 

Howard Cosell, Keith Jackson and Don Meredith (l-r) before the first "Monday Night Football" game in September 1970. Jackson died Jan. 12, 2018 at the age of 89.

Photo of MOTORHEAD; Portrait of Fast Eddie Clarke backstage with guitars, circa 1980. Clarke died at age 67 in London.

 

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In this April 1972 photo made available by NASA, John Young salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity..

By Natalie Dreier

Elizabeth Sung, who had a long career on the small and big screen, has died.

Sung may be most well known as her character as Luan Violen Abbott on "The Young and the Restless" soap opera. She was on the show in 1994 through 1996, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

She also appeared on the small screen in series across networks, including "Hawaii-Five-O," "The Sopranos," "Bones" and "Charmed."

On the big screen, Sung starred in "The Joy Luck Club,"  "Memoirs of a Geisha" and "Lethal Weapon 4."

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She was born and raised in Hong Kong, studying ballet. She graduated from The Julliard School, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Sung's cause of death has not been released. She was 63 years old and survived by her husband, Peter Tulipan, Fox News reported.