KUALA LUMPUR: Hong Kong television host Clark Chan Man-Nam or Koba has died at the age of 29 after a six-month battle with a rare form of spinal cancer.
Koba's death was announced on his Instagram account on Saturday night in a post that attracted more than 2,700 comments.
Some of these came from other cancer patients who praised his courage and said that he was an example to people battling the disease.
"Thank you for fighting hard for your life, you have inspired many," said one fan.
Koba had been a host on TVB's Love Is, a talk show about romance involving young people.
But he was diagnosed late last year with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare type of cancerous tumour that forms in bones and mostly affects children and young adults.
Last Wednesday he said on Instagram that he was grateful for the "constant support and care" from family, friends, and the public.
"Having you all alongside me on this journey has made me feel incredibly fortunate and thankful," Koba wrote.
Doctors told him that further rehabilitation therapy would be ineffective and said that his treatment should be focused on palliative care.
The television star gave the first clear indication that he had cancer last December when he posted a video of his shaved head after he lost "a lot of hair" because of chemotherapy treatment.