Japanese-American actress, Eileen Saki died after suffering complications from pancreatic cancer. According to sources, she died in Los Angeles on Monday, May 1, 2023, at the age of 79.

Saki once shared in an interview that she came from a poor Japanese background and was looking at bettering her life in the United States with her family.

“I was raised in Japan, came here, English is my second language, but I knew at the age of four that I was going to be a performer. We were very poor, and probably my psyche wanted to be somebody else. To have a brighter life and an entertaining life,” she said.

Saki developed an interest in film due to her father who worked in the theatre and also worked as a gardener when they moved to they moved to the United States. Her dad put aside money for her to take singing and dancing lessons.