tapi Sehat, based on a stage play he had written while with Orion. Riboet died in 1965, leaving Tio a widower. Tio spent his last years as a landlord, surviving on the income from a number of rental homes. Biran, in his memoirs, recalls that Tio was greatly distraught by the low quality of films in the 1970s, as well as the increasingly poor state of the national theatre. In 1975 Tio received an award from Governor of Jakarta Ali Sadikin for his contributions to Indonesian's film industry. He died four months later, on 17 December 1975. References Works cited 1895 births 1975 deaths People from Nganjuk Regency Indonesian people of Chinese descent Indonesian Hokkien people Indonesian film producers Indonesian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century dramatists and playwrights People of the Dutch East Indies of Chinese descent