[1] As a radio presenter at the Burma Broadcasting Service in the 1950s, she actively supported U Nu’s government against the left-wing campaign by appealing to armed insurgents to surrender.

[1] In 2004, purged Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt visited her in Mandalay shortly before he was arrested.

[1] In her old age, the venerated actress and singer spent most of her time in Buddhist contemplation at her residence in Mandalay.

Win Win Myint (aka Nandaw Shay), author of May Shin's biography, Pan Pwint Ye Yin Khon Than ("The Heartbeat of a Flower"), said that she never married and that she loved to uphold Burmese traditional culture and religion.

[1] May Shin died of pulmonary edema at her residence in Aung Daw Mu Ward, Mandalay.