Serena Liu

Liu suffered from a narrowed aortic valve. Her husband told the media that she had learnt about her condition purely by chance. Liu had taken her four-year-old daughter to see a doctor for a cold, but the young girl refused to let the doctor place a stethoscope on her chest. The doctor then demonstrated the stethoscope's use to the child by placing the device on Liu's chest. The doctor realised then that Liu had a heart murmur, and advised her to seek further treatment. Liu could have opted for an aortic valve replacement, but it would have required long-term medication after the surgery to prevent blood clots. The medication may also derail her plans to have a second child. On 7 February 2020, while undergoing a heart valve repair surgery at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Liu had an unexpected sudden cardiac arrest and fell into a coma. Liu was then admitted to the intensive care unit and had been put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation since then. Despite subsequent operations to deal with a developing cerebral embolism and increased brain pressure, Liu died on 22 March 2020 at the age of 44 after her body had stopped responding to medication and treatment.

Liu and Taiwanese singer Shin Lung [zh] registered their marriage on 17 May 2014, and held their wedding at Ocean Crystal Chapel in Honolulu, Hawaii on 9 June in the same year. Liu announced the birth of their daughter on 15 February 2016.

Serena Liu (born Liu Chen; Chinese: 劉真 ; pinyin: Liú Zhēn ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Chin ; 9 June 1975 – 22 March 2020), also known as Serina Liu, was a Taiwanese dancer and actress.