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- MC King R.I.P, Celebrity-studded farewell for 'MC King' -

I was on the way home after work and heard on YES933 that today is MC King's funeral. Being a good friend of MC, Chong Qing wrote him a letter and read it out on air. Content was simple, describing emotions of all celebrities who went to send MC his last journey. One part of the letter reads, "maybe there are not enough Comedian or MC's(主持人） around in heaven, thats y they ask u up". Chong Qing nearly cried when he was at the end of the letter, following it is Teresa Teng's 《何日君再来》 which is 1 of MC's favourite song. I sms-ed Chong Qing, ask him not to be sad as MC is at a better place now， tears were rolling in my eyes but I m ok after a while.

I do not personally know MC King, but i haf spoken to him b4 during one of the Feng Shui seminar. He has no airs, and is friendly to everyone who speaks to him. A really good person. Sometimes it makes us really think, what will happen if any of our family members juz leave us. Are we ready for it? What happens after that? So REMEMBER to CHERISH ur Loved ones while they are still around...


Celebrity-studded farewell for 'MC King'
Hundreds of people, including 50 celebrities, turned up at Jimmy Nah's funeral

HUNDREDS of people turned up to bid farewell to Singaporean comedian Jimmy Nah on Monday at a funeral that was both tearful and filled with song.

Some 50 celebrities were there, including MediaCorp artistes Chew Chor Meng, Thomas Ong, Zheng Geping, Marcus Chin, Aileen Tan, Huang Shinan and Pan Lingling.

It was held at the void deck below his Cassia Crescent HDB flat near Old Airport Road.

Before the funeral started, the stars sang to Nah, serenading him with his favourite karaoke songs. Many artistes wept as they sang.

Nah, who went by the nickname MC King, experienced breathing problems while at home last Friday afternoon.

He was sent to Tan Tock Seng hospital where he died. He was 40.

Monday's ceremony of Buddhist rites began at 11am. At about noon, Nah left on his final journey to Mandai Crematorium.

There, stars took turns to go to the podium to pay tribute to their friend.

Nah earned the nickname MC King after a malingering character he played in the 1990 Mandarin sitcom Friends Next Door.

But in real life, he was nothing like his malingering on-screen persona.

A graduate from the then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Drama Training Course in 1989, he had appeared in more than 60 local Chinese drama series, English sitcoms, variety shows and stage plays.