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Ni Min-jan (; 30 April 1946 – April 2005) was a famous well-rounded
Taiwanese Taiwanese may refer to: * Taiwanese language, another name for Taiwanese Hokkien * Something from or related to Taiwan ( Formosa) * Taiwanese aborigines, the indigenous people of Taiwan * Han Taiwanese, the Han people of Taiwan * Taiwanese people, ...
celebrity and entertainer. TV and movie star. Comedian and recording artist. Cross-talk(Xiangsheng) and play writer. In 1979, he teamed up with Zhang Kui,
Zhang Fei Zhang Fei () (died July or August 221 AD), courtesy name Yide, was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty and early Three Kingdoms period of China. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who were among the earlies ...
, Ling Feng, and Xia Yunfei to form the "Wenna Five Rats" (named after the Wenna Five Tigers). The group was a sensation in the Taiwan show scene in the 1980s. Ni Min-jan was brilliant at imitating funny, well-known classic characters such as "Mr. Seven" and "Vice President Ni". The cause of his death was
suicide Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...
by hanging in April 2005 at age 58 or 59. Ni had been suffering from depression, and was having financial and family problems, including having an affair with
Xia Yi Xia Yi (; born 1968, Shanghai) is a Chinese singer and actress working in Taiwan. She allegedly had an affair with Ni Min-jan Ni Min-jan (; 30 April 1946 – April 2005) was a famous well-rounded Taiwanese celebrity and entertainer. TV a ...
. Ni was friends with singer and television personality Chang Fei and singer
Frankie Kao Ko Yuan-cheng (28 February 1950 – 17 February 2014), better known by his stage names Frankie Kao and Kao Ling-feng, was a Taiwanese singer, television presenter and actor. His birth name was 葛元誠 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kat Goân-sêng; pinyin: ...
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Date of death unknown Place of birth missing 1946 births 2005 deaths 20th-century Taiwanese male actors 21st-century Taiwanese male actors Taiwanese male comedians People from Jinhua People from Yilan County, Taiwan Suicides by hanging in Taiwan Taiwanese comedy Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese people from Zhejiang 20th-century comedians 2005 suicides {{Taiwan-actor-stub