A Taiwanese-Canadian actor and fashion model Godfrey Gao has died at the age of 35 while filming a TV show in China today.

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 while filming the reality show 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.