On April 1, 2003, the superstar Leslie Cheung jumped down from the 24th floor and ended his life.
It was raining in Hong Kong that day. Many fans hoped that this message was just an April Fool's Day joke in the newspapers. They never thought that this was the most painful April Fool's Day memory left by Leslie Cheung to the world.
He jumped from a hotel in Central, and left a suicide note on the scene. Everyone sent him to Mary Hospital.
confirmed the death of 46-year-old Leslie Cheung at 7:06 pm.
mentioned a person in the suicide note at the scene, this person is Tang Hede .
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Leslie Cheung was born in a wealthy family in Hong Kong in 1956. His father Zhang Huohai was a tailor and owner of a Hong Kong tailor shop. Many Hollywood stars such as Marlon Brando and Gary Grant were customers of this tailor shop.
Even if the family conditions are very good, Leslie Cheung did not feel much family warmth. His father is a playboy and his mother is busy with family affairs all year round. Sometimes he hires private detectives to investigate his father’s confidante, and he has no time to take care of Leslie Cheung. .
was 13 years old. He went to study in the UK in order to prove to his father and get his father’s attention. But when he was studying in the UK, his father became ill and paralyzed, and his family fell into trouble. In order to take care of his father, Leslie Cheung had to return to Hong Kong and do all kinds of work to support the family. In order to make more money,
signed up for a singing contest held by the TV station and officially set foot in the entertainment circle.
Leslie Cheung's acting career did not go smoothly. It was not until 1983 that Leslie Cheung was recognized by the audience with "The Wind Continues Blowing", and Leslie Cheung was able to stand firm in the entertainment industry. In the following year, his album "Monica" was a big hit, and its popularity skyrocketed and his fame became a lot.
Leslie Cheung is not satisfied with singing songs, he wants to try film and television dramas. Leslie Cheung co-operated with Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung in the romance film "Fate", which opened his film and television road.
Two years later, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat collaborated in "The True Colors of a Hero". In this drama, Leslie Cheung looks handsome and suave, and performs the characters vividly. This film has become an unsurpassed classic and has influenced several generations.
There is a sentence in "A Fei's True Story": has a kind of bird in the world that has no feet. He can only fly and fly, and sleep in the wind when it is tired. This kind of bird can only get off the ground once in a lifetime. That time was when it died. This sentence of
is like a true portrayal of himself. After the performance of "A Fei's True Story", he decided to quit the music scene. In 1993, he starred in the movie "Farewell My Concubine", which became an immortal classic.
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In 1982, 24-year-old business elite Tang Hede met 26-year-old singer Leslie Cheung. In the earliest days, Tang Hede helped Leslie Cheung take care of finances. He is an executive of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong.
In 1989, Leslie Cheung bid farewell to the music scene and lived in Canada in seclusion. Tang Hede was his companion. They lived a free and ordinary life in Canada.
No one cares about their identities, and no one cares about their gender. The two people out of the spotlight simply had a happy time.
In 1994, Leslie Cheung returned to Hong Kong. The affairs between him and Tang Tang were constantly hyped by reporters. Everyone did not recognize their feelings. This put Leslie Cheung, who had no privacy in the public, under tremendous pressure.
Leslie Cheung did not back down or conceal it, he just hoped that the paparazzi would not disturb Tang XianHealth, so that he can continue to live an ordinary life.
In 1997, Leslie Cheung sang a song-"The Moon Represents My Heart" at the concert. He said, I want to give this song to a very important friend in my life. He was disappointed in me. The person who accompanied me at the time was also the one who helped me through the difficulties with months of salary. He is my good friend Mr. Tang.
All Hong Kong knows the existence of Mr. Tang, Leslie Cheung does not mind. Even knowing that a paparazzi was following the photo, he still swaggered and walked with Mr. Tang on the street. This photo was called "Century Holding Hands."
In 1998, Tang Hede quit his job in the bank and officially took care of the finances for Leslie Cheung. In 2002, Leslie Cheung was confirmed to be suffering from physiological depression, he was suffering from physiological depression due to the lack of certain chemical elements in the brain disease.
He doesn't think he is unhappy, he doesn't believe he is sick, but unconsciously, he will be depressed because of lack of certain hormones and fall into depression, leading to serious consequences.
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On April 1, 2003, Leslie Cheung sent the last message to his friend Chen Shufen , "Shufen, come and pick me up."
When she arrived, she found out that it was her brother who had fallen in a pool of blood. Knowing that Leslie Cheung cared about his image most, he took off his white trench coat and covered his brother's body.
In the early morning of April 2, 2003, eight hours after Leslie Cheung jumped off the building, Tang Hede issued a public statement to the media that my brother’s relationship has not changed. He is definitely not a relationship issue, our relationship is absolutely fine, as you said before A third party or my driver also tried to drive a car to pick me up. You just said it was my boyfriend. This incident is totally untrue.
Seven days after Leslie Cheung passed away, at the funeral, Tang Hede was sobbed that he was so emaciated that he needed someone’s support to walk, as if he was getting older overnight. Throughout the funeral process, Tang Hede's eyes never left the portrait of Leslie Cheung for almost a moment, and no one could believe that there was a change in love between them.
He inscribed Leslie Cheung's elegiac couplet: Forever and forever, this love will never end-beloved Tang Hede.
Since then, Tang Hede has rarely appeared in front of the media, only occasionally posting old photos of himself and Leslie Cheung on social platforms to express his grief.
summarizes:
is right and wrong, but what is left to fans is endless thoughts. Hong Kong has lost a good artist, and we have lost many good movies.
and the person who loves him the most, is always trapped in his memory and can't get out of it. This love may come to the end of Tang Hede's life.
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