Leslie Cheung

Leslie Cheung Kwokwing was a Hong Kong singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding fathers of Cantopop by combining a hugely successful film and music career.

Cheung was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the youngest of ten children in a middleclass 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. His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in Hong Kong, Cheung attended Rosaryhill School at Wanchai on Hong Kong Island. At age 12, he was sent to Norwich School in England. He worked as a bartender at his relatives restaurant in SouthendonSea 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.

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