TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Father George Martinson (丁松筠), an American Jesuit missionary and TV personality, has died at the age of 74, the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference in Taiwan said Wednesday, one day before he was due to formally receive Taiwan citizenship. The priest, who returned to Taiwan on May 20 from a trip abroad, was found dead Wednesday but doctors said he seemed to have died several days ago of a heart attack. He came to Taiwan in 1967 as missionary and went to live in Hsinchu County, where he learned Mandarin. The Taipei City government said it will hold a memorial service for Martinson on Thursday and will present his Taiwan ID posthumously. Martinson's younger brother Barry is also a Jesuit priest in Taiwan.

Source: The China Post May 31, 2017 23:14 UTC