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{{Chinese name|[[Zhang (surname)|Cheung]]}}
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'''Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing''' (12 September 1956&nbsp;– 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong [[musician]], [[singer-songwriter]], [[actor]], and [[record producer|music]] and [[film producer]]. Cheung is considered as "one of the founding fathers of [[Cantopop]]" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career."<ref>Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, "World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific", P54., BBC Radio, ISBN 1-85828-636-0</ref> He rose to prominence as a teen hearthrob and pop icon of Hong Kong in the 1980s, receiving numerous music awards including both [[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation|Most Popular Male Artist Awards]] at the 1988 and 1989 [[Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation|Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards]]. In 1989, Cheung announced his retirement from the music industry as a pop singer. Returning to the music scene after a five-year hiatus, he released his chart-topping comeback album (寵愛) which achieved a huge market success. In 1999, he won the [[Golden Needle Award]] for his outstanding achievement as a musician at the [[RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards]]<ref>[http://www.rthk.org.hk/classicschannel/goldsong22.htm RTHK Classics Channel]</ref>, and his hit song "Monica" was voted as Hong Kong's "Song of the Century."<ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/lesliekwcheung/monica.htm 張國榮Monica入選世紀金曲] </ref> He was honoured "Asia's Biggest Superstar" at the 2000 CCTV-MTV Music Honors.
'''Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing''' (12 September 1956&nbsp;– 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong [[musician]], [[singer-songwriter]], [[actor]], and [[record producer|music]] and [[film producer]]. Cheung is considered as "one of the founding fathers of [[Cantopop]]" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career."<ref>Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, "World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific", P54., BBC Radio, ISBN 1-85828-636-0</ref>


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Cheung's music and movies not only captured fans in [[Hong Kong]] but also other Asian countries including [[Taiwan]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[China]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]]. He is the first foreign artist to hold 16 concerts in Japan that has yet to be broken and the record holder as the best-selling [[C-pop]] artist in Korea.<ref>http://tw.twent.chinayes.com/Content/20130402/kh77sz20770cg.shtml</ref>
Cheung had won the 1991 [[Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor|Hong Kong Film Award]] (''[[Days of Being Wild]]'')<ref>[http://www.hkfaa.com/winnerlist10.html List of Award Winner of The 10th Hong Kong Film Awards]</ref> and the 1994 [[Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award]] (''[[Ashes of Time]]'')<ref>[http://www.filmcritics.org.hk/taxonomy/term/5/50 List of Winners of 1994 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards]</ref> for best actor. He had also won the 1994 [[Japan Film Critics Society Award]] for best actor for his performance in ''[[Farewell My Concubine (film)|Farewell My Concubine]]'' and ten other best actor nominations, five [[Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards|Golden Horse Awards]], three [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival Awards]]<ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/artist/id/12031.html In Competition Actors]</ref><ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/artist/id/21442.html In Competition Actors]</ref>, a [[Asia Pacific Film Festival|Asia Pacific Film Festival Award]], and a [[Venice Film Festival|Venice Film Festival Award]].


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Cheung was ranked as the most favourite actor in the 100 years of Chinese cinema.<ref name="allbusiness.com">[http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4392792-1.html "Cheung Tops Asia's CCTV-MTV Honors"], AllBusiness.com, Inc.</ref><ref name="chinadaily.com.cn">[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/27/content_446339.htm "'Farewell My Concubine' most appreciated in HK"], ''China Daily''</ref> In 2010, he was voted the third "Most Iconic Musicians of All Time" (after [[Michael Jackson]] and [[The Beatles]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/24/music.icon.gallery/index.html#fbid=nVIn7HoUxgC&wom=false|title=Michael Jackson: Your number one music icon|accessdate=20 September 2010|date=27 August 2010|work=CNN}}</ref> [[CNN]] considered Cheung as the "Most Beautiful Man from Hong Kong Cinema" and one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."<ref>http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/play/hottest-men-classic-hong-kong-cinema-754404</ref><ref>http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/none/asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time-223697</ref>
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Cheung's music and movies not only captured fans in [[Hong Kong]] but also other Asian countries including [[Taiwan]], [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], [[China]], [[Japan]] and [[South Korea]]. He is the first foreign artist to hold 16 concerts in Japan that has yet to be broken and the record holder as the best-selling [[C-pop]] artist in Korea.<ref>[http://tw.twent.chinayes.com/Content/20130402/kh77sz20770cg.shtml Leslie Cheung's Popularity in Korea]</ref>


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Cheung was ranked as the most favourite actor in the 100 years of Chinese cinema.<ref name="allbusiness.com">[http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4392792-1.html "Cheung Tops Asia's CCTV-MTV Honors"], AllBusiness.com, Inc.</ref><ref name="chinadaily.com.cn">[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/27/content_446339.htm "'Farewell My Concubine' most appreciated in HK"], ''China Daily''</ref> In 2010, he was voted the third "Most Iconic Musicians of All Time" (after [[Michael Jackson]] and [[The Beatles]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/24/music.icon.gallery/index.html#fbid=nVIn7HoUxgC&wom=false|title=Michael Jackson: Your number one music icon|accessdate=20 September 2010|date=27 August 2010|work=CNN}}</ref> [[CNN]] considered Cheung as the "Most Beautiful Man from Hong Kong Cinema" and one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."<ref>[http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/play/hottest-men-classic-hong-kong-cinema-754404 Hottest Men from HK Cinema]</ref><ref>[http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/none/asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time-223697 Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time]</ref>

==Childhood==
Cheung was born in [[Kowloon|Kowloon, Hong Kong]], the youngest of ten children in a middle-class [[Hakka people|Hakka]] family. Cheung Wut Hoi, his father, was a fairly well known tailor, whose customers included American actors [[William Holden]], [[Marlon Brando]], and [[Cary Grant]].<ref>Kevin Thomas, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/12619236.html?did=12619236&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&dids=12619236:12619236:&desc=MOVIES%3b+A+Career+in+Full+Plume%3b+As+%27Temptress+Moon%27+boosts+the+profile+of+Hong+Kong+actor+Leslie+Cheung,+he%27s+reviving+a+long-dormant+singing+career "A Career In Full Plumet"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 22 June 1997, page 6</ref><ref name="Hubert Niogret 1999">[[Michel Ciment]], Hubert Niogret, "Interview of Leslie Cheung", [[Positif (magazine)|Positif]] no. 455/1999, Berlin, conducted on 21 February 1998</ref><ref>Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", ''All About Leslie'', pp. 25-40, Saangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3</ref> His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Cheung attended [[Rosaryhill School]]. At age 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at Eccles Hall School. After six month study, he transferred himself to a school in [[Chelmsford]] and obtained scholarship. He worked as a [[bartender]] at his relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around this period that he chose his name, "Leslie." According to Cheung, he chose this name because "I love the film ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''. And I like [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]]."<ref name=Corliss>{{cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Corliss|title=Forever Leslie|work=Time|date=30 April 2001|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,108021,00.html| accessdate=14 August 2008}}</ref>
Cheung was born in [[Kowloon|Kowloon, Hong Kong]], the youngest of ten children in a middle-class [[Hakka people|Hakka]] family. Cheung Wut Hoi, his father, was a fairly well known tailor, whose customers included American actors [[William Holden]], [[Marlon Brando]], and [[Cary Grant]].<ref>Kevin Thomas, [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/12619236.html?did=12619236&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&dids=12619236:12619236:&desc=MOVIES%3b+A+Career+in+Full+Plume%3b+As+%27Temptress+Moon%27+boosts+the+profile+of+Hong+Kong+actor+Leslie+Cheung,+he%27s+reviving+a+long-dormant+singing+career "A Career In Full Plumet"], ''Los Angeles Times'', 22 June 1997, page 6</ref><ref name="Hubert Niogret 1999">[[Michel Ciment]], Hubert Niogret, "Interview of Leslie Cheung", [[Positif (magazine)|Positif]] no. 455/1999, Berlin, conducted on 21 February 1998</ref><ref>Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", ''All About Leslie'', pp. 25-40, Saangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3</ref> His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Cheung attended [[Rosaryhill School]]. At age 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at Eccles Hall School. After six month study, he transferred himself to a school in [[Chelmsford]] and obtained scholarship. He worked as a [[bartender]] at his relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around this period that he chose his name, "Leslie." According to Cheung, he chose this name because "I love the film ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''. And I like [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]]."<ref name=Corliss>{{cite news|last=Corliss|first=Richard|authorlink=Richard Corliss|title=Forever Leslie|work=Time|date=30 April 2001|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,108021,00.html| accessdate=14 August 2008}}</ref>


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He attended the [[University of Leeds]] where he studied textile management. He dropped out of university at the end of his first year when his father fell ill. After his father's recovery, Cheung did not return to England to complete his studies.<ref name="Hubert Niogret 1999"/><ref>Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", ''All About Leslie'', p25-40, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3</ref>
He attended the [[University of Leeds]] where he studied textile management. He dropped out of university at the end of his first year when his father fell ill. After his father's recovery, Cheung did not return to England to complete his studies.<ref name="Hubert Niogret 1999"/><ref>Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", ''All About Leslie'', p25-40, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3</ref>


==Career==
He donated all the proceeds from the sales of ''Salute'' to the [[Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts]] (香港演藝學院), which was named the ''Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship'' after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkapa.edu/asp/general/general_friends_sponsors.asp |title=Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship |publisher=Hkapa.edu |accessdate=28 March 2012}}</ref>
He donated all the proceeds from the sales of ''Salute'' to the [[Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts]] (香港演藝學院), which was named the ''Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship'' after his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkapa.edu/asp/general/general_friends_sponsors.asp |title=Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship |publisher=Hkapa.edu |accessdate=28 March 2012}}</ref>


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In 1995 Cheung signed a contract with [[Rock Records]], returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, ''[[Most Beloved|Beloved]]''. ''Beloved'' achieved large market success with the award of ''IFPI Best Selling Album'',<ref>[http://www.leslie-cheung.com/leslie/2004/9-29/22736.html] "Leslie Cheung's ''Beloved'' are sold more than 300,000"], ''Min Pao Weekly'', 28 Oct. 1995, see</ref><ref>[http://www.leslie-cheung.net/ch/achievements.htm Achievements of Leslie Cheung]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref>.
In 1995 Cheung signed a contract with [[Rock Records]], returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, ''[[Most Beloved|Beloved]]''. ''Beloved'' achieved large market success with the award of ''IFPI Best Selling Album'',<ref>[http://www.leslie-cheung.com/leslie/2004/9-29/22736.html] "Leslie Cheung's ''Beloved'' are sold more than 300,000"], ''Min Pao Weekly'', 28 Oct. 1995, see</ref><ref>[http://www.leslie-cheung.net/ch/achievements.htm Achievements of Leslie Cheung]{{dead link|date=March 2012}}</ref>.


==Personal life==
Though Cheung had never publicly declared his sexual orientation, he once said in an interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine:
Though Cheung had never publicly declared his sexual orientation, he once said in an interview with ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine:
{{Quote| "It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend [[Teresa Mo]] (his colleague at [[Rediffusion Television]] (now [[Asia Television Limited|ATV]]) of the time) to marry me."<ref>Corliss, R. (2001). [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,108021,00.html "Forever Leslie"], ''Time'' magazine Asia Edition. Retrieved 17 December 2005.</ref>|}}
{{Quote| "It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend [[Teresa Mo]] (his colleague at [[Rediffusion Television]] (now [[Asia Television Limited|ATV]]) of the time) to marry me."<ref>Corliss, R. (2001). [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,108021,00.html "Forever Leslie"], ''Time'' magazine Asia Edition. Retrieved 17 December 2005.</ref>|}}
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{{Quote|"Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor [[Felice Lieh-mak]] (Cheung's last psychiatrist). This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to [[Lydia Shum Din-ha|Sister Fei]]. In my life I have done nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?"|}}
{{Quote|"Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor [[Felice Lieh-mak]] (Cheung's last psychiatrist). This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to [[Lydia Shum Din-ha|Sister Fei]]. In my life I have done nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?"|}}


In a 2012 interview, Cheung's eldest sister, Ophelia Cheung, stated Cheung was diagnosed with clinical depression caused by a [[chemical imbalance]] in the brain.<ref>[http://big5.china.com.cn/gate/big5/ent.china.com.cn/2013-03/28/content_28384159.htm Leslie Cheung's depression cause was biological, according to his sister]</ref> She said that reporters were frequently found outside of her brother's home which hampered his ability to get to his doctor's facility. Thus, he would come over to her house to consult a doctor. He would ask his sister, "Why am I depressed? I have money and so many people love me." He was reluctant to take medication for his depression.<ref>[http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=48277:&Itemid=200 Oriental Daily]</ref>
In a 2012 interview, Cheung's eldest sister, Ophelia Cheung, stated Cheung was diagnosed with clinical depression caused by a [[chemical imbalance]] in the brain.<ref>http://big5.china.com.cn/gate/big5/ent.china.com.cn/2013-03/28/content_28384159.htm</ref> She said that reporters were frequently found outside of her brother's home which hampered his ability to get to his doctor's facility. Thus, he would come over to her house to consult a doctor. He would ask his sister, "Why am I depressed? I have money and so many people love me." He was reluctant to take medication for his depression.<ref>http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=48277:&Itemid=200</ref>


In 2013, Cheung's former music agent Florence Chan organized two memorial concerts entitled "Miss You Much Leslie" on 31 March and 1 April for the 10th anniversary of Cheung's passing. Big names of the Hong Kong entertainment industry such as [[Jacky Cheung]], [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]], [[Andy Hui]], [[Leo Ku]], [[Chilam Cheung]], [[Vivian Chow]], [[Kelly Chen]], [[Joey Yung]], [[Grasshopper (band)|Grasshoppers]], and others performed at the concert at [[Hong Kong Coliseum]]. In addition, in 2013, Cheung's fans from around the world made two million [[origami]] cranes for the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' as a tribute to the 10th anniversary of his passing.<ref>[http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/leslie-cheungs-origami-display-delayed-041500008.html Leslie Cheung's origami display delayed]</ref>
In 2013, Cheung's former music agent Florence Chan organized two memorial concerts entitled "Miss You Much Leslie" on 31 March and 1 April for the 10th anniversary of Cheung's passing. Big names of the Hong Kong entertainment industry such as [[Jacky Cheung]], [[Tony Leung Chiu-Wai]], [[Andy Hui]], [[Leo Ku]], [[Chilam Cheung]], [[Vivian Chow]], [[Kelly Chen]], [[Joey Yung]], [[Grasshopper (band)|Grasshoppers]], and others performed at the concert at [[Hong Kong Coliseum]]. In addition, in 2013, Cheung's fans from around the world made two million [[origami]] cranes for the ''[[Guinness World Record]]'' as a tribute to the 10th anniversary of his passing.<ref>http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/leslie-cheungs-origami-display-delayed-041500008.html</ref>


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==

Revision as of 22:59, 16 April 2013

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Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and music and film producer. Cheung is considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career."[1]

Cheung's music and movies not only captured fans in Hong Kong but also other Asian countries including Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Japan and South Korea. He is the first foreign artist to hold 16 concerts in Japan that has yet to be broken and the record holder as the best-selling C-pop artist in Korea.[2]

Cheung was ranked as the most favourite actor in the 100 years of Chinese cinema.[3][4] In 2010, he was voted the third "Most Iconic Musicians of All Time" (after Michael Jackson and The Beatles).[5] CNN considered Cheung as the "Most Beautiful Man from Hong Kong Cinema" and one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."[6][7]

Cheung was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the youngest of ten children in a middle-class Hakka family. Cheung Wut Hoi, his father, was a fairly well known tailor, whose customers included American actors William Holden, Marlon Brando, and Cary Grant.[8][9][10] His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Cheung attended Rosaryhill School. At age 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at Eccles Hall School. After six month study, he transferred himself to a school in Chelmsford and obtained scholarship. He worked as a bartender at his relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around this period that he chose his name, "Leslie." According to Cheung, he chose this name because "I love the film Gone with the Wind. And I like Leslie Howard."[11]

In several interviews, Cheung stated he had had a fairly unhappy childhood. "I didn't have a happy childhood. Arguments, fights and we didn't live together; I was brought up by my granny."[11] "What I would say most affected me as a child, was that my parents were not at home with me. As a young kid, one could not always understand why his parents weren't at home. This made me depressed sometimes."[12]

He attended the University of Leeds where he studied textile management. He dropped out of university at the end of his first year when his father fell ill. After his father's recovery, Cheung did not return to England to complete his studies.[9][13]

He donated all the proceeds from the sales of Salute to the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (香港演藝學院), which was named the Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship after his death.[14]

With the popularity of Cheung and Tam, fans of these two stars became increasingly hostile to each other, starting a long-standing conflict that soon put heavy pressure on both singers. In 1988, Alan Tam publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies. In 1989, Cheung announced his intention to retire from his music career as a singer. Cheung then set a record by being the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series (Final Encounter of the Legend), which ran for 33 consecutive nights (he was 33 at the time) at Hong Kong Coliseum. In 1990, he left Hong Kong at the peak of his music career and emigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, where he reportedly "found peace and tranquility."[15] Cheung became a Canadian citizen in 1992, returning to Asia full-time in 1995 for his re-emergence in Chinese-language popular music.

From 1986 to 1989, Cheung acted in a number of movies that are considered as Hong Kong classics by film critics and Asian movie fans.[16][17]

Although Cheung quit his career as a pop singer from 1989 to 1995, he continued his music career as a composer. He composed more than ten songs during that time. In 1993, he won Best Original Movie Song Award from Golden Horse Film Festival for the theme song Red Cheek, White Hair to the movie The Bride with White Hair (as a composer). In 1995, he composed all three theme songs for the film The Phantom Lover. As a composer, Cheung won four nominations for Best Original Movie Song Award at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards and two nominations for Best Original Film Song at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1998, he was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[18]

In 1995 Cheung signed a contract with Rock Records, returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, Beloved. Beloved achieved large market success with the award of IFPI Best Selling Album,[19][20].

Though Cheung had never publicly declared his sexual orientation, he once said in an interview with Time magazine:

"It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual. I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend Teresa Mo (his colleague at Rediffusion Television (now ATV) of the time) to marry me."[21]

Cheung dated Ngai Sze-Pui (倪詩蓓), a Hong Kong model and actress whom he met on the set of Agency 24 for two years. [22]

Death and legacy

Leslie Cheung leaped from the Mandarin Oriental hotel (right).

Cheung committed suicide on 1 April 2003 at 6:43 pm (HKT).[23] He leaped from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental hotel, located in the Central district of Hong Kong Island.[24] He left a suicide note saying that he had been suffering from depression. He was 46 years old.[25][26][27][28][29][30]

As one of the most popular performers in Asia, Cheung's death broke the hearts of millions of his fans across Asia, and shocked the Asian entertainment industry and Chinese community worldwide.[25][31][32][33][34][35] The day after Cheung's death, his family confirmed that Cheung suffered from clinical depression and had been seeing psychiatrists for treatment for almost a year. They also revealed that Cheung had previously attempted suicide in 2002. Later at his funeral, Cheung's niece disclosed that her uncle had severe clinical depression and suffered much over the past year (2003).

Despite the risk of infection from SARS and the WHO's warning on travels to Hong Kong, tens of thousands attended Cheung's memorial service, which was held for the public, on 7 April 2003, including celebrities and other fans, many from other parts of the world such as mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the United States, and Canada. Cheung's funeral was on 8 April 2003. For almost one month, Cheung's death dominated newspaper headlines in Hong Kong and his songs were constantly on the air. His final album, Everything Follows the Wind (一切隨風), was released three months after his death.

Cheung's suicide note (translation):

"Depression! Many thanks to all my friends. Many thanks to Professor Felice Lieh-mak (Cheung's last psychiatrist). This year has been so tough. I can't stand it anymore. Many thanks to Mr. Tong. Many thanks to my family. Many thanks to Sister Fei. In my life I have done nothing bad. Why does it have to be like this?"

In a 2012 interview, Cheung's eldest sister, Ophelia Cheung, stated Cheung was diagnosed with clinical depression caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain.[36] She said that reporters were frequently found outside of her brother's home which hampered his ability to get to his doctor's facility. Thus, he would come over to her house to consult a doctor. He would ask his sister, "Why am I depressed? I have money and so many people love me." He was reluctant to take medication for his depression.[37]

In 2013, Cheung's former music agent Florence Chan organized two memorial concerts entitled "Miss You Much Leslie" on 31 March and 1 April for the 10th anniversary of Cheung's passing. Big names of the Hong Kong entertainment industry such as Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Hui, Leo Ku, Chilam Cheung, Vivian Chow, Kelly Chen, Joey Yung, Grasshoppers, and others performed at the concert at Hong Kong Coliseum. In addition, in 2013, Cheung's fans from around the world made two million origami cranes for the Guinness World Record as a tribute to the 10th anniversary of his passing.[38]

Awards and nominations

RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards

Year Category Nominated title Result
1984 Top 10 Gold Songs "Monica" Won
1985 Top 10 Gold Songs "Wild Wind" (不羈的風) Won
1986 Top 10 Gold Songs "Past Love" (當年情) Won
1987 Top 10 Gold Songs "Sleepless Night" (無心睡眠) Won
Best CD Summer Romance Won
Sales Award (Best-Selling Album of the Year) Summer Romance Won
1988 Top 10 Gold Songs "Silence is Golden" (沉默是金) Won
Top 10 Gold Songs "Don’t Need Too Much" (無需要太多) Won
IFPI Award Leslie Cheung Won
1999 Top 10 Gold Songs "Left Right Hand" (左右手) Won
Golden Needle Award Leslie Cheung Won
2000 Top 10 Gold Songs "Big Heat" (大熱) Won
2002 Silver Jubilee Award Leslie Cheung Won

Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards

Year Category Nominated title Result
1983 Top 10 Gold Songs "Wind Blows On"(風繼續吹) Nominated
1984 Top 10 Gold Songs "Monica" Won
1985 Top 10 Gold Songs "Wild Wind" (不羈的風) Won
1986 Top 10 Gold Songs "Past Love" (當年情) Won
Top 10 Gold Songs "Who Resonates With Me" (有誰共鳴) Won
Gold Song Gold Award (Best Song of the Year) "Who Resonates With Me" Won
1987 Top 10 Gold Songs "Sleepless Night" (無心睡眠) Won
Gold Song Gold Award (Best Song of the Year) "Sleepless Night" Won
1988 Top 10 Gold Songs "Silence is Golden" Won
Top 10 Gold Songs "Closer" (貼身) Won
Most Popular Male Artist Leslie Cheung Won
1989 Top 10 Gold Songs "Starting from Zero" (由零開始) Won
Most Popular Male Artist Leslie Cheung Won
1999 Honours Award Leslie Cheung Won
2000 Four Channel Award (Best Album of the Year) Untitled Won
Honours Award Leslie Cheung Won

Ultimate Song Chart Awards

Year Category Nominated title Result
1988 Ultimate Male Artist Gold Award Leslie Cheung Won
1989 Ultimate Male Artist Gold Award Leslie Cheung Won
IFPI Award Side Face Won
1999 Ultimate Song Award (No. 1 Song of the Year) "Left Right Hand" Won

Metro Radio Hit Music Awards

Year Category Nominated title Result
1999 Metro Radio Hit Song of the Year "Left Right Hand" Won
Metro Radio Top 10 Hit Songs "Left Right Hand" Won

Hong Kong Film Awards

Year Category Film Result
1983 Best Actor Nomad Nominated
1988 Best Actor A Better Tomorrow 2 Nominated
Best Original Film Song A Chinese Ghost Story Nominated
1989 Best Actor Rouge Nominated
1991 Best Actor Days of Being Wild Won
1994 Best Original Film Song The Bride With White Hair Nominated
1995 Best Actor He's a Woman, She's a Man Nominated
Best Original Film Song He's a Woman, She's a Man Won
1996 Best Original Film Song The Phantom Lover Nominated
1997 Best Actor Viva Erotica Nominated
Best Original Film Song Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? Nominated
1998 Best Actor Happy Together Nominated
2003 Best Actor Inner Senses Nominated

Golden Horse Awards

Year Category Film Result
1991 Best Actor Days of Being Wild Nominated
1993 Best Original Song The Bride With White Hair Won
1994 Best Original Song He's a Woman, She's a Man Nominated
1995 Best Original Song The Phantom Lover Nominated
1996 Best Actor Temptress Moon Nominated
Best Original Song Temptress Moon Nominated
Best Original Song Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? Nominated
1997 Best Actor Happy Together Nominated
2000 Best Actor Double Tap Nominated
2002 Best Actor Inner Senses Nominated

Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards

Year Category Film Result
1994 Best Actor Ashes of Time Won

Japan Film Critics Society

Year Category Film Result
1994 Best Actor Farewell My Concubine Won

Cannes Film Festival

Year Category Film Result
1993 Best Actor Farewell My Concubine Nominated
1996 Best Actor Temptress Moon Nominated
1997 Best Actor Happy Together Nominated

Asia Pacific Film Festival

Year Category Film Result
1993 Best Actor Days of Being Wild Nominated

Venice Film Festival

Year Category Film Result
1994 Best Actor Ashes of Time Nominated

Ming Pao Power Academy Awards

Year Category Nominated title Result
2000 Honorary Award Leslie Cheung Won
Outstanding Male Singer Leslie Cheung Won
2002 Best Actor Inner Senses Won

Discography

Main article: Leslie Cheung discography

Filmography

Main article: Leslie Cheung filmography

See also

References

  1. ^ Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, "World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific", P54., BBC Radio, ISBN 1-85828-636-0
  2. ^ http://tw.twent.chinayes.com/Content/20130402/kh77sz20770cg.shtml
  3. ^ "Cheung Tops Asia's CCTV-MTV Honors", AllBusiness.com, Inc.
  4. ^ "'Farewell My Concubine' most appreciated in HK", China Daily
  5. ^ "Michael Jackson: Your number one music icon". CNN. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. ^ http://travel.cnn.com/hong-kong/play/hottest-men-classic-hong-kong-cinema-754404
  7. ^ http://travel.cnn.com/explorations/none/asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time-223697
  8. ^ Kevin Thomas, "A Career In Full Plumet", Los Angeles Times, 22 June 1997, page 6
  9. ^ a b Michel Ciment, Hubert Niogret, "Interview of Leslie Cheung", Positif no. 455/1999, Berlin, conducted on 21 February 1998
  10. ^ Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", All About Leslie, pp. 25-40, Saangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3
  11. ^ a b Corliss, Richard (30 April 2001). "Forever Leslie". Time. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  12. ^ Leslie Cheung, "Leslie Cheung Autobiography", Commercial Radio Hong Kong, 1985, (also collected in Album Collection History-His Story by Capital Artist, 2004), an English translation can be found in here
  13. ^ Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", All About Leslie, p25-40, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3
  14. ^ "Leslie Cheung Memorial Scholarship". Hkapa.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  15. ^ "The rise and tragic fall of a Canto-pop king". Asian Pacific Post. 10 April 2003. Archived from the original on 15 February 2008. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
  16. ^ The Best 100 Chinese Motion Pictures, Hong Kong Film Awards
  17. ^ "A Better Tomorrow"[dead link]
  18. ^ "Berlinale: 1998 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  19. ^ [1] "Leslie Cheung's Beloved are sold more than 300,000"], Min Pao Weekly, 28 Oct. 1995, see
  20. ^ Achievements of Leslie Cheung[dead link]
  21. ^ Corliss, R. (2001). "Forever Leslie", Time magazine Asia Edition. Retrieved 17 December 2005.
  22. ^ http://www.alididi.info/n27486c13p2.aspx
  23. ^ 陳淑芬細說 哥哥最後電話, Apple Daily, 29 March 2013
  24. ^ Corliss, R. (2003). "That old feeling: Days of being Leslie" Time magazine Asia Edition. Retrieved 17 December 2005, from ]
  25. ^ a b Stephen Kelly, "WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIKE THIS?" Leslie Cheung, 1956–2003", 8 May 2003
  26. ^ "Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing commits suicide.", Hong Kong Entertainment News in Review (2003). Retrieved 17 December 2005
  27. ^ "Actor Leslie Cheung 'found dead'", BBC, 1 April 2003
  28. ^ "Activities to Commemorate Leslie Cheung", Xinhua, 2 April 2005
  29. ^ Yu Sen-lun, "The Leslie Cheung Legend Lives on", TaiPei Times, 10 April 2003
  30. ^ Bruce Einhorn, "Hong Kong: A City in Mourning", BusinessWeek, 14 April 2003
  31. ^ "Leslie Cheung, Larger Than Life". Web.archive.org. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  32. ^ "Jonathan Crow, "Leslie Cheung", AOL Allmovie". Movies.aol.com. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  33. ^ "Leslie Cheung's Suicide" Gothamist, 3 April 2003
  34. ^ "Week of 5 April 2003". "Life In Legacy. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
  35. ^ "Forty Thousands Fans Farewell Leslie Cheung in the Raining Night", Modern Business News, 4 April 2003
  36. ^ http://big5.china.com.cn/gate/big5/ent.china.com.cn/2013-03/28/content_28384159.htm
  37. ^ http://www.orientaldaily.com.my/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=48277:&Itemid=200
  38. ^ http://my.entertainment.yahoo.com/news/leslie-cheungs-origami-display-delayed-041500008.html

Further reading

  • Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, World Music Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, BBC Radio, 2000, ISBN 1-85828-636-0
  • Kei Mori, "夢想之欠片 (Broken pieces of dreams)", Renga Shyobo Shinshya Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, 2004, ISBN 4-902603-55-1
  • Chitose Shima, "Leslie Cheung Interview", All About Leslie, p25–40, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1999, ISBN 4-916199-10-3
  • Chitose Shima, Time of Leslie Cheung, Sangyo Henshu Center Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 2004, ISBN 4-916199-59-6
  • City Entertainment Editor Committee, Leslie Cheung's Movie World 2 (1991–1995), City Entertainment, Hong Kong, 2006, ISBN 962-8114-98-0
  • De Hui, Leslie Cheung's Movie Life I, II, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House, Shanghai, 2006, ISBN 7-80678-557-4.
Awards and achievements
Hong Kong Film Awards
Preceded by Best Actor
1991
for Days of Being Wild 		Succeeded by
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Preceded by
None
 Best Actor
1994
for Ashes of Time 		Succeeded by
RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards
Preceded by Golden Needle Award
1999 		Succeeded by
Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards
Preceded by Most Popular Male Artist
1988, 1989 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Vacant
 Honours Award
1999, 2000 		Succeeded by
Ultimate Song Chart Awards
Preceded by
None
 Ultimate Male Artist Gold Award
1988, 1989 		Succeeded by
Ming Pao Power Academy Awards
Preceded by
None
 Honorary Award
2000 (& Andy Lau) 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 Outstanding Male Singer
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Outstanding Actor in Film
2002
for Inner Senses 		Succeeded by

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