What is Dean Shek?
{{infobox person | name = Dean Shek | image = File:Dean Shek 20160409.jpg | alt = | caption = Shek at ''The Wit and Wisdom of Cinema City'' event held at the [[Hong Kong Film Archive]] in 2016 | birth_name = Lau Wai-sing<br>劉偉成 ([[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]])<br />刘伟成 ([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]])<br />Liú Ｗěi Ｃhéng ([[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]])<br />Ｌau4 Wai2 Sing4 ([[Cantonese]]) | birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|06|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Beijing]], China | death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|09|20|1949|06|17|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, film presenter | years_active = 1968{{ndash}}1992 | spouse = Lau Chun-yue (1979{{ndash}}2021) | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | t = 石天 | s = 石天 | p = Shí Tiān | j = Sek6 Tin1 }} | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | alias = Charlie Shek | origin = [[Hong Kong]] }} }} '''Dean Shek''' (17 June 1949<ref>{{cite news|author=吴冬妮|date=2021-11-02|title=香港影人、新艺城创始人石天因病去世，曾主演《英雄本色2》|url=https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/163583068914675.html|publisher=新京報|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105204358/https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/163583068914675.html|archive-date=2021-11-05|access-date=2021-11-05}}</ref> – 20 September 2021), also known as '''Dean Shek Tin''', was a Hong Kong actor and producer. He was best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 movie ''[[Drunken Master]]'', Lung Sei in the 1987 movie ''[[A Better Tomorrow II]]'', and Snooker in the 1990 movie ''[[The Dragon from Russia]]''. Shek died from [[cancer]] on 20 September 2021, at the age of 72.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20211102/bkn-20211102105649247-1102_00862_001.html|title=細仔證實石天已逝 黃百鳴尊重亡友遺願未搞追思會|publisher=Oriental Press Group|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> He had been diagnosed with the disease two months be