public sentiments had changed with the increasing pace of Islamization in Malaysia. Chan and Chew later divorced in 1972. Chan's shows received many complaints and in 1973, the government revoked her performing licence. Notwithstanding, Chan introduced her daughters Jennifer and Irene Chan as two of her several protégés to the press in 1974 and kept performing until she officially announced her retirement in 1976, with her last striptease show taking place in Kuala Lumpur. Later life and death After her retirement, Chan married her fifth and final husband Low Kim Seng in 1977 and kept herself busy with numerous ventures, all of which were failures. In Seremban, she managed a music band, opened a restaurant, and gave curative massage. She also raised funds for numerous charities. An American publishing firm offered her RM3 million for her autobiography, but the deal fell through when she insisted on US$3 million for it. Around 1980, Chan was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she chose to spend her final days in Penang, after being told by her doctors that she had only 18 months to live. That was when she hooked up again with her one-time manager, Lee Kai Hong, and together, they opened Galant, a one-stop entertainment shop at Transfer Road. By late 1986, her health had deteriorated further, and it was then that she began to believe that her breast cancer was caused by her taxing act of balancing heavy objects on her chest during her performances. She also attributed the blood clots around her body to the python-coiling acts. In the six years since she fell sick, her medical treatment had taken its toll on her finances, and she was apparently in dire straits. The Golden Maid lounge at Burmah Road held a 5-night charity show with her daughter Irene as one of the dancers to raise funds for her treatment. The effort, however, proved too late. Chan died at her home in Butterworth, Penang on 26 May 1987, leaving behind her husband, a son and three daughters — her eldest son, from her first marriage, and an adopted daughter, having earlier disowned her. Her husband Low Kim Seng, son Chong Weng Thye, two daughters Jennifer and Irene Chan and her manager Lee Kai Hong were at her deathbed. She was interred at the Beow Hong Lim Columbarium in Air Itam, Penang. Timeline 1925: Born Chan Wai Chang in Suzhou. c.