Spring has passed and autumn has passed for more than twenty years, countless things have happened, many people have passed by, leaving some traces and gradually fading from our memories. How many reasons are needed for a person or a thing to have the luxury of being remembered by the times and millions of people?
Leslie Cheung’s complicated and exciting life is exciting every April Fool’s Day. The death of his brother has become a mandatory action that throbs in the hearts of many young and middle-aged literary and artistic people, and has become an eternal sentiment in their literary and artistic remembrance.
On April 1, 2003, April Fool's Day, "brother" Leslie Cheung jumped into the human world, leaving endless sadness for his fans. My brother seemed to have played a big joke on us by leaving this world forever.
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than 20 years since my brother passed away, and many movie fans are still trapped in his magic and unable to extricate themselves, and are still immersed in the shining light of his talent.
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Leslie Cheung is an artist who has a special status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Although he is not called a "god" and has not won too many actor awards, he But it is deeply imprinted in the hearts of Hong Kong people.
His achievements in music and film, as well as his unique image and fashion style, have won him the love and respect of Hong Kong people. He is a superstar in Hong Kong's music and film circles. He has influenced generations of people with his personality charm and artistic achievements.
1 The origin of "brother"
In September 1956, the elder brother whose real name was Zhang Fazhong was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. He changed his name to Leslie Cheung in junior high school.
My father is Zhang Huohai, a famous tailor. Zhang Huohai ran his own clothing store. He often sews clothes for Hollywood stars, and movie star Brando is one of the guests of the Zhang family.
Leslie Cheung is the youngest among the ten brothers and sisters in his family, so he is nicknamed "Shizi".
Leslie Cheung's English name is "leslie" because he likes British actor Leslie Howard - the actor who plays Ashley Wilkes in the movie "Gone with the Wind". He also had a cute name when he was a child. "bobbyfrankie".
Leslie Cheung once said at his farewell concert in 1989: "The reason why I am called Leslie is because when I was a child, I was actually called 'Bobby', but I was so afraid of being misunderstood that I was another animal, so I changed it to I gave him a slightly sexy name Leslie."
In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, the stars who collaborated with Leslie Cheung often call him "Brother", so the fans also called him "Brother" instead of "Leslie" at first. .
The origin of this title is that when filming "A Chinese Ghost Story" in 1987, the heroine Wang Zuxian called Leslie Cheung "brother" on the set, so people around him also called him "brother". Unknowingly, all the artists in the Hong Kong entertainment industry began to call him "brother". Call him "brother".
2 Become famous after singing
Leslie Cheung is a talented artist. His achievements in music and movies, as well as his unique image and fashion style, have won him the love and respect of many fans.
In 1977, Leslie Cheung participated in the Asian Singing Contest held by Lai TV (the predecessor of Asia Television) and won the runner-up in Hong Kong with the song "American Pie". After that, he was discovered by Hong Kong Polydor Records and made his official debut.
In 1982, as the contract with Li's TV expired.
In 1983, Leslie Cheung came to prominence with the release of his second Cantonese album "The Wind Keeps Blowing". Although the title song of the same name was not included in the top ten Chinese hits and the top ten hits of the year, it became a well-known classic hit. From 1986 to 1987, he won the Golden Melody Award for two consecutive years at the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony.
In 1985, Leslie Cheung gradually reached the peak of his singing career.
In 1986, in the top ten golden songs season selection that year, he had seven songs, the most among all singers. In the same year, he had 5 songs selected as the champion songs of Radio Hong Kong's Dragon and Tiger Chart, becoming the Hong Kong singer with the most songs selected. .
At the end of the same year, he won the Golden Song Award, the finale of the Top Ten Golden Song Awards, with his song "Who Can Resonate".
In 1989, Leslie Cheung, who was at the peak of his singing career, chose to quit the music scene and announced his retirement from the music scene. At the end of the year, he held 33 Leslie Cheung farewell concerts at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong.
After that, Leslie Cheung announced his comeback to the music scene in 1995. A Cantonese hit song "Chasing" became his famous song after his comeback.
The song "Chasing" became the theme song of the movie "Golden Leaves" and successfully won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Original Song, establishing his status in the music industry.
From 1999 to 2001, Leslie Cheung won many of the highest awards in the Chinese art world, including "Best Pop Singer", "Asia's Most Outstanding Artist" and other awards[59].
In August 2001, he was invited to serve as the first music ambassador of the Hong Kong Composers and Lyricists Association. In 2002, he won the Golden Melody Silver Jubilee Honor Award at the 25th Top Ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards Ceremony.
3 April Fool's Day joke
At approximately 18:43 pm on April 1, 2003, Leslie Cheung committed suicide by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Central, Hong Kong.
The reason is that I suffered from endogenous depression in mid-2002. There is insufficient secretion of a hormone in the brain. This hormone controls people's emotions. Unlike exogenous depression, it cannot be cured and can only be treated with drugs. control.
At Queen Mary Hospital at 19:06 in the evening, Leslie Cheung was declared dead by the doctor and confirmed dead at the age of 46. Leslie Cheung's body was then transported to the Victoria Public Mortuary in Western District for autopsy.
Due to the suddenness of the incident and the fact that it happened on April Fool's Day, many fans and the public thought it was just a joke, so they could not accept the news when they knew it was true.
Before Leslie Cheung fell from the building, he made an appointment with his agent Chen Shufen in the lobby coffee room of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Chen Shufen waited for a long time but did not see him show up, so she called Leslie Cheung. Leslie Cheung told Chen Shufen to go outside the hotel and wait, and he would see her soon. He saw Leslie Cheung falling in front of him.
Chen Shufen confirmed that he suffered from depression and had been trying to treat it for more than a year. However, he passed away due to his condition getting out of control.
Leslie Cheung's death has had a profound impact on the Chinese society in Hong Kong and around the world. His music and film works are still deeply loved and respected by people today. At the same time, his death also attracted social attention to mental health issues, prompting more people to pay attention to mental health and have a deeper understanding of mental illnesses such as depression.
Leslie Cheung has many other hobbies besides his acting career. The following are some of them:
Hobby to play mahjong: Leslie Cheung is famous for his love of mahjong. He even excitedly held the "Guorong Cup" mahjong competition and invited A bunch of friends specially created a trophy.
designs the interior decoration himself: Leslie Cheung moves almost every two years. Every time he moves, he designs the interior decoration himself, and the style is completely different each time.
pursues "perfection": Leslie Cheung required that each album must have ten songs. Once before a new album was released, the record company executives planned to select ten out of 11 songs. Leslie Cheung misunderstood and thought that the new album would have eleven songs. Song, I was very unhappy until I found out it was a misunderstanding before I turned from anger to joy.
