Biographie

Upset at the tragedy of 9-11, and concerned about the fate of his two sons who lived in New York City at the time, Victor, who had already survived multiple strokes, deprived himself of needed sleep while riveted to the TV set for nearly two days. He passed away the late evening of September 12, 2001, of heart failure.

Among his many journeys in life, he was, at varying stages, a teenage Christian evangelist, a Protestant minister-in-training, a Zen Buddhist, a visual artist, a poet, a Beat Generation luminary, a pioneering photographer and broadcast journalist, a comedian, and a Hollywood actor.

Was a first-generation Chinese American, born in Chinatown, San Francisco, California to Chinese immigrant parents. His father was a Confucian scholar and successful storeowner who became an unofficial mayor of Chinatown.

Was married four times in all. Had two daughters, Emily and Heather, and three sons, Anton, Lyon, and Duncan. Lyon was killed in a Sacramento fight with another youth in 1986, which triggered Victor's first stroke.

Was an Emmy-winning TV journalist prior to becoming an actor. Although Wong's main beat was San Francisco's Chinatown, he also covered the 1968 Democratic convention, the Zodiac Killer and Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army.