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Grieving husband in Hong Kong sets up cancer research crowdfunding to honour late wife

Antoine d’Haussy says he hopes the ‘new normal is not to give flowers’, but instead to remember victims by funding cancer research.

Published: 9:00am, 17 May 2026Updated: 5:36pm, 18 May 2026

Hongkonger Charissa Chau’s life was tragically cut short when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The wife and mother of a three-year-old boy died in January 2026, after an 18-month battle with glioblastoma. One month after her death, her husband Antoine d’Haussy set up a crowdfunding campaign to help advance cancer research into this particular form of the disease. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, killing 9.7 million people annually.

Grieving husband in Hong Kong sets up cancer research crowdfunding to honour late wife

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Antoine d’Haussy says he hopes the ‘new normal is not to give flowers’, but instead to remember victims by funding cancer research.

Antoine d’Haussy says he hopes the ‘new normal is not to give flowers’, but instead to remember victims by funding cancer research.