A Taiwanese-Canadian actor and fashion model, Godfrey Gao, has died at the age of 35 while shooting a TV program in China yesterday.

Gao has been working for Louis Vuitton since 2011, being the first Asian model to work for the French fashion house.

The 35-year-old Zhao fell unconscious during the filming of Chase Me, a reality TV show for the Zhejiang TV network in east China's Ningbo city.

According to a statement issued by the network that Zhao fell during the filming of the program, was taken to hospital, and confirmed there died of a heart attack.