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- Cheung’s importance to the cultural memory of contemporary Hong Kong cannot be overstated. His life paralleled that of his hometown – as Cheung rose to prominence, so too did Hong Kong itself. And likewise to many his death also marked the end, or at least the beginning of the end, of the “old” Hong Kong.
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Mar 31, 2021 · The King of Canto-pop’s suicide shook the city to its core: the singer and actor seemed to represent the best of ‘old Hong Kong’, and when he died, the pop culture he represented lost its ...
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Leslie Cheung’s fans gather at Hong Kong hotel to mark 20th...
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Apr 1, 2023 · HONG KONG (AP) — Fans of late Canto-pop icon Leslie Cheung, one of the first singers to come out as gay in Hong Kong, flocked to the city this week to commemorate their idol’s death 20 years ago — revisiting his legacy of pioneering work made during a socially conservative time.
Apr 1, 2021 · What truly cements his place in Hong Kong cultural canon is his untimely demise. 2003 was a year of calamities: the deaths of Cheung and fellow legend Anita Mui, the SARS epidemic, the ensuing financial collapse and the CEPA economic arrangement that alleviated it.
Mar 31, 2023 · ‘Leslie Cheung was a man ahead of his time’: 20 years after the death of Hong Kong actor-singer, his cultural legacy and how he broke gender norms. On the 20th anniversary of the pop and...
Mar 29, 2018 · The pop idol leapt to his death from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central on April 1, 2003, leaving thousands of fans shocked and devastated.
For the past 15 years fans of tormented superstar Leslie Cheung, one of the first celebrities to come out as gay in Asia, have gathered at Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental Hotel to mourn the day he...
Apr 1, 2023 · But behind all of his success, Cheung suffered from depression. He jumped to his death from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in central Hong Kong on April 1 in 2003, sending shockwaves across the city.