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Leslie Cheung

some of you don't seem to know the news so here it is:

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HONG KONG - Leslie Cheung (news) Kwok-wing, a pop singer and actor who played a homosexual Chinese opera singer who commits suicide in the Oscar-nominated "Farewell My Concubine," has died after leaping from a hotel. He was 46.

Cheung's roles as openly gay characters set him apart from other Chinese film stars, and parallels to his tragic part in "Concubine" were inescapable after he plunged to his death Tuesday.

"Life Imitating Art?" asked a headline in the United Daily News of Taiwan, where Cheung had a loyal following in addition to his many fans in Hong Kong and mainland China.

"Leslie used to jokingly call himself a legend," said Wong Kar-wai, a Hong Kong director who worked with Cheung on many of his best-known films. "We, too, called him by this name. But no one had ever imagined a legend would be consummated this way."

Born in Hong Kong in 1956, Cheung rose to superstardom as a singer with a bad-boy image in the 1980s.

Proving himself adaptable, Cheung followed up his musical successes with a distinguished film career, often in homosexual roles that are uncommon in Chinese-language movies.

Cheung played a gay man who moved to Argentina with his male lover in "Happy Together," directed by Wong.

Cheung also appeared in other Wong films, including "Days of Being Wild" and "Ashes of Time."

Wong's statement mourned the "tremendous loss."

"Leslie Cheung was a great artist and a true friend," Wong said. "Through all the days we worked together, we shared great moments and the occasional different point of view. This is because we are all dreamers."

Cheung had recently been nominated for best actor in this coming Sunday's Hong Kong Film Awards, for his role in the horror film "Inner Senses."

Cheung played the role of a man possessed by a dead girlfriend who tries to lure him into jumping to his death, though he was saved by a female lead who urged him to stay alive.

Cheung died on April 1, and many fans thought at first that the broadcast news reports were a bad joke.

The star plunged from the gym on the 24th floor of the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong's Central business district, according to Mandarin spokeswoman Sally De Souza.

Police said they found a note on the body saying Cheung was plagued by "emotional problems."

Wreaths from fans lined the hotel's entrance on Wednesday and the Web site of Cheung's Internet Fan Club proclaimed him a "legend forever."

"Leslie, we will always remember you," the site said.

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Rest in peace

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how sad he was so young and successful too

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psycho... damn chinese stars committing suicide

thers too many of them

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how sad... I even knew about the actor... he is a really good actor though... when I saw him in "farewell my concubine" I believed that he was gay.... he's a really great actor!

RIP

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sad. i bet he had a lot of money. if he had some emotional problems, go and buy some stuff and enjoy life. RIP

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quote:
Originally posted by daNNy LuV 1TYM
how sad he was so young and successful too


46 isn't that young.

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yeah i heard the news... really sad...

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oh man..

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awww i heard about this.. soo sad.

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oh.. thats sad.. =(
did you guys watch the funeral for him today? 4/8.. i didnt.. i kinda fell asleep.. -__-;;

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that's sad

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i remmeber this being on the news on one day..my parents were wathing it..yea..thought it was sad

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i thought his name was familiar, I remembered him from "a better tomorrow."

r.i.p.

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so sad...i heard bout it the next day the news was out....*sigh*...i used to karaoke to his songs when i was little...ha. he was gay..but that doesnt matter, he was a good actor and a good singer.

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