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Shi Pei Pu passed away on July 11, 2009, at the age of 66. He was a Chinese actor, best known for his role as Madame Butterfly in the 1988 film "M. Butterfly". The film tells the story of a French diplomat who falls in love with a Chinese opera singer who is actually a man. Shi Pei Pu was born in Shanghai in 1943.