Having completed her last movie "Romance of the Forbidden City", You Min married a young businessman Mr F. K. Ko and announced her retirement, which disappointed hundreds of thousands around Southeast Asia. She had three sons and led a simple and quiet life since then.      In June 1975, You Min was invited to be one of the adjudicators at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant. After 14 years of retirement, You Min attended the Golden Horse award ceremony with organiser Li Hsing and actor Ke Chunhsiung in 1981.

You Min with her fiance Mr F. K. Ko before their departure for a wedding in London.      Seventeen years after her retirement, You Min was invited to the 18th Golden Horse Award ceremony held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in October 1981. She was to present the Best Actor award at the ceremony. Since then she had not participated in any activity related to the film industry in public.      On 29 December 1996, You Min died of heart failure at the Hong Kong Adventist Hospital at the age of 60.

As a fan of golf, You Min shared a memorable moment with Dr Cheng Yu-tong (from right), Frances Yip and Raymond Chow in a tournament in 1990.

You Min's attendance at a mass in memory of an old friend, Jeannette Lin Cui, in March 1995, was her last public appearance.