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Actor, national artist Sorapong Chatree dies

Actor, national artist Sorapong Chatree dies

Sorapong Chatree, right, appears in the Thai romantic comedy “The Scar”.

Sorapong “Ek” Chatree, a national artist and veteran actor, died of lung cancer at Bumrungrad Hospital on Thursday afternoon. He was 71 years old.

Sorapong, whose former name was Pittaya Tiamswate, was born on Dec 8, 1950, in Maha Rat district, Ayutthaya province. 

Sorapong attended primary school until grade 4. He was ordained as a monk at the age of eight and left the monkhood three years later. In 2009, he received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree…

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