Victor Sen Yung [SEP] place of death
of the four panelists was able to choose him as the character actor.
Death and legacy.
Sen Yung died in his North Hollywood home in 1980. The actor, who ran a small mail-order Chinese pottery business, was creating clayware and curing the items with an oven, and died of natural gas poisoning from a gas leak. His body was found November 10, but he had reportedly been dead at least ten days, from possibly around October 31.
Some reports suggested that the actor was murdered
, but police ultimately ruled the death accidental. The eulogy at Sen Yung's funeral was given by fellow "Bonanza" actor Pernell Roberts, who also paid the funeral expenses.
The Victor Sen Yung memorial scholarship is awarded each year by the Chinese Alumni Association of the University of California, Berkeley, where Sen Yung majored in animal husbandry.
Selected filmography.
- "The Good Earth" (1937) ... Chinese peasant boy (uncredited)
- "Double or Nothing" (1937) ... Minor Role