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Leslie Cheung
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Hong Kong singer and actor (1956–2003)
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Leslie Cheung was a Hong Kong artist whose career spanned from 1977 to 2003. Born on September 12, 1956, and deceased on April 1, 2003, he stood at a height of 175. His musical output is categorized under C-pop, cantopop, and hk-pop, with tags also including chinese and Hong Kong.
Among his notable works are *Feng zai qi shi*, *Dou feng xin qing*, and *Farewell my concubine*. Open Library records three works attributed to him, while Crossref lists five. His music has accumulated over one million plays on Last.fm, where he has 37,958 listeners.
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Key facts
- Born
- Cheung Fat-chung , ( 1956-09-12 ) 12 September 1956, Kowloon , British Hong Kong
- Died
- 1 April 2003 (2003-04-01) (aged 46), Central , Hong Kong
- Resting place
- Po Fook Hill, Sha Tin , New Territories
- Citizenship
- Canada Hong Kong British
- Alma mater
- University of Leeds
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter actor
- Years active
- 1977–2003
- Works
- Discography filmography
- Partner
- Daffy Tong 唐鹤德 (1983–2003)
- Also known as
- Elder Brother ( Chinese : 哥哥 )
- Genres
- Cantopop Mandopop
- Instrument
- Vocals
- Labels
- Polydor Capital Cinepoly Rock Universal
- Traditional chinese
- 張 國 榮
- Simplified chinese
- 张 国 荣
- Hanyu pinyin
- Zhāng Guóróng
- Jyutping
- Zoeng1 Gwok3-wing4
- Ipa
- [tsœŋ˥ kʷɔk̚˧wɪŋ˩]
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- British Hong Kong
- Place of death
- Hong Kong
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Native language
- Cantonese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Genre
- cantopop
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Leslie Cheung at Madame Tussaud's Hong Kong - Flickr - skinnylawyer.jpg
- Height
- 175
- Residence
- Hong Kong
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Leslie Cheung
- ancestral home
- Meizhou
- date of birth
- 1956-09-12
- date of death
- 2003-04-01
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- 张国荣
- birth name
- 张发宗
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Leslie Cheung
- end of work period
- 2003-00-00
- nickname
- 榮少
- writing language
- Cantonese
- ethnic group
- Cantonese people
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
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Encyclopedic overview
Cheung Fat-chung Traditional Chinese張發宗 Simplified Chinese张发宗
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