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Alas, he's had a rough road health wise (looked him up because not in the mood for a video). Brain cancer in the nineties, a stroke in 2005. I hadn't really thought to look him up before, despite being a fan.
The stroke essentially ended his on camera and stunt/fight coordinator career. What little I could find shows him mostly doing conventions and advocating for stunt professionals.
Dude is fucking legendary though, if you have more than a passive interest in action and martial arts movies. On and off camera, he was a mainstay. Pretty much had a hand in choreographing at least a little of the fights in every movie he was in afaik.
Him and Bolo Yeung were (imo) two best known action stars that nobody could name. You remembered them, and there was nobody else really like them, but since they weren't the stars, it would take multiple movies before you remembered their names.
Looking at the photos of Al Leong at conventions in the video, and on IG in 2025, he's still got those swole arms and legs, even after stroke and brain cancer!