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Leslie Cheung
Acting
12 Sept 1956
† 01 Apr 2003
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Biography
Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the United Kingdom in 1971, settling in Leeds, where he enrolled at university to study fashion design. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and, in 1977, took part in an amateur singing competition—the ATV Asian Music Contest—where he won second prize. The following year, he released his first album, I L...
Also Known As
Zhāng Guóróng, Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing , Cheung Kwok-Wing, 張國榮, 张国荣












































