Patrick Tse Laid To Rest At Po Fook Hill Farewell To A Cinematic Legend

Being awarded with the nickname of “Sei Gor”, meaning Fourth Brother, the heartwarming affection he received from fans across his career is truly unique to its kind. Patrick Tse died on July 16, 2026, at the age of 89, and in the weeks since, Hong Kong's entertainment world has taken a slow and steady pace to bid goodbye to the legend before finally being laid to rest beside two other giants of the industry he helped define.

Tse's niche now sits at Po Fook Hill Cemetery, alongside Leslie Cheung, Roman Tam, and Lydia Shum — a cluster of names that, together, tell much of the story of Hong Kong entertainment across the second half of the 20th century.

Table of Contents

1. A Life in Seven Decades
2. How He Passed
3. A Private Farewell, By Design
4. Laid to Rest at Po Fook Hill
5. Family and Tributes
6. A Career in Highlights
7. What Made Him "Sei Gor"
8. Conclusion

A Life in Seven Decades

Tse Ka-yuk, and popularly known as Patrick Tse or Tse Yin, was born in Guangzhou on August 9, 1936. Patrick Tse made his film debut in 1952 and was constantly active in Hong Kong cinema for nearly the next seventy years that followed. Throughout his term, Patrick indulged in various roles of the cinema world right from acting, producing, screenwriting to even directing, building a body of work that spanned the earliest decades of modern Hong Kong film through to the industry's contemporary era.

And as a fitting end to his journey, his most celebrated honor came towards the very end of his career.    In 2022, Tse came back from retirement to play a retired contract killer in the film Time, a role that earned him the Best Actor award at the Hong Kong Film Awards at the age of 85 years, while also becoming the oldest recipient in the award’s history.

How He Passed

Patrick Tse died peacefully on July 16, 2026, at the hospital, surrounded by family, following a period of declining health. Jennifer Tse, his daughter, took to social media to confirm the news publicly at the time. Hong Kong media reported that Tse had been spotted publicly in late April, meeting friends for coffee while photographs from that outing showed him using a wheelchair and looking noticeably thinner, a quiet sign of his declining health.

A Private Farewell, By Design

In alignment to Patrick Tse’s own wishes, his funeral was held privately back in July, with only his closest family present, and no public memorial service being organized. He was reportedly cremated on July 20, 2026, just days after his passing, and the arrangements for a hospital-side farewell followed by a discreet cremation were kept private as well.

And while his personal wishes ensured he passed peacefully in private, the scale of his legacy simply could not be contained. Veteran film figures including Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow were quick to pay public tribute to Tse following news of his cremation, even as the family kept the ceremony private and away from the public eye.

Laid to Rest at Po Fook Hill

While many speculated about where Tse's ashes would ultimately be placed for several weeks following his cremation, his niche was confirmed at Po Fook Hill Cemetery. The Cemetery is also known as a popular resting place for some of Hong Kong entertainment's most enduring names, including Leslie Cheung, Roman Tam, and Lydia Shum, whom Patrick Tse also knew personally and shared the stages with over numerous occasions from shared studio work, to television appearances, and industry events.

Today, The portrait displayed at his niche shows him in his signature dark sunglasses, smiling, an image that fans closely associate with his on-screen persona while also defining his stardom right since the 1950s.

Family and Tributes

The small gathering for his farewell included his children, Nicholas and Jennifer, along with Deborah Lee, his former wife and the mother of both children, despite their divorce in the 1990s marking a quiet gesture of enduring connection beyond the marriage itself.

On August 10, 2026, which would’ve been Patrick Tse’s 90th Birthday, his daughter Jennifer took to social media, sharing childhood photographs with her father alongside a heartfelt message reflecting on her love for him and the loss his passing has left behind. The heartfelt message and carousel included a photograph capturing three generations of the Tse family together, a small, private glimpse into his otherwise public life for the past seventy years.

Nicholas, in his own earlier tribute, reflected on his father's lasting devotion to entertaining audiences and the difficult periods he witnessed his father move through privately, while always presenting his best self on screen. He urged everyone to remember his father by holding onto the image of him as he most wanted to be seen, one full of charm, smiling, at his best.

A Career in Highlights

What Made Him "Sei Gor"

It’s not common to find nicknames like "Sei Gor" being attached to actors but Patrick Tse being regarded with it shows the magnitude of his career, one that began in Hong Kong Cinema’s early days far ahead until his Best Actor win in his mid-eighties. Patrick Tse was not merely another actor, director or screenwriter but a household name of the Hong Kong Cinema industry, an icon whose mere presence would transcend the thoughtful choice of his nickname.

Conclusion

An actor’s life isn’t easy, especially not when it stretches over a massive period of seventy years, but Patrick Tse spent nearly all of it earning the kind of affection that also awarded him with a nickname people say with a smile. His farewell was quiet and private, something that everyone knew Patrick was like: quiet, private, and centered on the people who knew him best. While Patrick Tse is no longer amongst us to give us newer hits, his niche at Hong Kong’s Po Fook Hill columbarium with him wearing sunglasses, gleaming with a wide smile and resting now among old friends — and a body of work that carried Hong Kong cinema will surely carry the weight of his legacy well for many generations to come!