Barbie Hsu, the Taiwanese actress better known as "Big S," has died after contracting pneumonia during a trip to Japan. She was 48.

Barbie Hsu, better known as "Da S" which means "Big S," caught the flu when she visited Japan with her family during the Lunar New Year, according to her sister.

Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu, who was hugely popular across Asia for her leading role in the 2001 television drama “Meteor Garden,” has died from a