Thuy Trang
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Thuy Trang (December 14, 1973 - September 3, 2001), was a Vietnamese-American actress, and was was born in the Saigon, South Vietnam.
Biography
Her father was a soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and was defending the capital Saigon, from the Communist North Vietnamese Army and their Viet Cong agents, during the Fall of Saigon.
The Communist forces during a fierce battle overcame his battalion, due to their low ammunition and air support. He decided to return home to retrieve his family, but the route was blocked by the North Vietnamese Army, fearing for his life he left South Vietnam and was given political asylum, by the United States. He vowed to bring his family to the United States and work hard to contact U.S. government officials to politically pressure the Communist government of Vietnam.
In 1979, her mother, two brothers and sister, secretly boarded a cargo ship with hundreds of other persecuted Southern Vietnamese and arrived in Hong Kong. Thuy's father was contacted and he then petitioned the United States government for political asylum for his family.
In 1980, they were reunited in Little Saigon, California, and she began to learn Kung Fu at the age of nine.
She graduated from Banning High School and then attended University of California, Irvine, while she also moonlighted as an actress.
She played Trini Kwan, the yellow ranger, on the original cast of the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She also appeared in the movies: The Crow: City of Angels, Spy Hard, and Cyberstrike.
Thuy Trang died in a car accident on September 3, 2001, in San Francisco. She was driving on Interstate Highway 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles. She was hit by another car driven by another woman. The other woman driver remained unharmed, because she had on a seat belt. Thuy Trang died upon impact because she did not have her seat belt on. Her co-actors David Yost and Amy Jo Johnson from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers attended the funeral.
External links
- Thuy Trang Tribute (http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/3192/thuy/index3.html)
- Thuy Trang Memorial (http://www.tabletsofdestiny.com/trini.html)
- Thuy Trang Homage Studio (http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/7355/thuy.html)
- Photos of Thuy Trang (http://www.angelfire.com/ne/OtherPics/Thuy.html)