Thanh Nga

Thanh Nga (July 31, 1942 - November 26, 1978) -famous Vietnamese stage and movie actress. -On the night of November 26, 1978, when the performance of Cai Luong Thai Queen Duong Van Nga was finished at Cao Dong Hung theater (also known as Gia Dinh theater), located in Ba Chieu market area , Binh Thanh district , around 11pm. , artist Thanh Nga got on a Volkswagen brand car painted in light gray, driven by her husband, to go home. Thanh Nga sat on the back bench with her son Cuc Cu at that time, 5 years old. In the front seat, next to the driver, there is martial artist Nguyen Van Cac, who works as a bodyguard to protect Thanh Nga. As soon as the car stops in front of the house gate located on Ngo Tung Chau Street (now Le Thi Rieng Street, District 1 , Ho Chi Minh City).) the car was parked in the garage, the bodyguards stepped out to open the door, when suddenly a Honda 67 was waiting to arrive, two strangers jumped down (the culprit who shot and killed the artist couple Thanh Nga was robbers Nguyen Thanh Tan and Nguyen. Van Duc), used a P38 pistol to control him into the car. They continue to threaten Thanh Nga and her husband to capture Cuc Cu. When the artist and his wife resisted, they continuously shot and killed both of them and then disappeared. Mr. Lan died on the spot and artist Thanh Nga was still breathing. Bodyguards hugged Thanh Nga on a cyclo to go straight to Saigon Hospital but it was too late. The bullet that hit the left chest took Thanh Nga's life at the age of 36.