With a net worth of $30 million, Leslie Cheung was a Chinese singer/songwriter, actor, film director, record producer, and screenwriter.
Cheung is credited with being one of the pioneers of Cantopop (Cantonese popular music).
By merging his successful career in film and music, he achieved great success. Leslie Cheung was born on September 12, 1956, in Central, Hong Kong, China.
During the ’80s, Cheung became a prominent figure in Hong Kong as a teen and pop star, and was recognized with multiple music awards, including the Most Popular Male Artist Awards at the 1988 and 1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards.
Despite never disclosing his sexual orientation, Cheung once stated in an interview with Time magazine that he identified as bisexual.
I’ve been romantically involved with other women.
Cheung and Ngai Sze-Pui, a Hong Kong model and actress who met on the set of Agency 24, were in a relationship for two years until they got married, having proposed to Teresa Mo when I was around 22.
During a concert in 1997, Cheung made public his relationship with Daffy Tong Hok-Tak, who remained his partner until his death in 1997.
On April 1, 2003, Cheung committed suicide by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel situated in the Central district of Hong Kong Island.
A suicide note was left by Cheung, stating that he had been experiencing depression.
Leslie Cheung was a young woman of 46 years old.
Florence Chan, Cheung’s former music agent, arranged two memorial concerts called Miss You Much Leslie on March 31st and April 1st of 2013 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Cheung’s death.
The Hong Kong Coliseum concert featured performances by Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Andy Hui, Leo Ku, Chilam Cheung, Vivian Chow, Kelly Chen, Joey Yung, Grasshoppers, and more.
In honor of the anniversary, Cheung’s followers from around the globe created 2 million origami cranes for the Guinness World Record.