Chinese actor Yu Menglong dies after falling from a Beijing building

Chinese actor and singer Yu Menglong, 37, has died after falling from a building in Beijing, his management confirmed on Thursday, Sept. 11, prompting an outpouring of grief across China and elsewhere in Asia. His agency said in a statement on social media that he "fell to his death on Sept 11" and that police had "ruled out any criminality," while urging that his family be allowed to grieve.

Details of the circumstances remain under investigation and some accounts circulating online have been deleted or remain unverified. A paparazzi post that was later removed said Yu had spent the evening at a friend's apartment with five or six companions, retired to a guestroom around 2 a.m. and locked the door. The post said his companions left the flat around 6 a.m. and then discovered his body on the ground floor. A local blogger who visited the scene later reported a broken window and said a neighbor walking a dog first noticed the body. Authorities have confirmed only that an inquiry is under way and that there is currently no sign of criminal involvement.

Yu, also known as Alan Yu, was born in 1988 in Midong District, Urumqi, in China's Xinjiang region. He first came to public...