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Ann Mui

Hong Kong actress and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ann Mui Oi-fong (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a Hong Konger singer and actress.

Born
Ann Mui Oi-fong

(1959-12-10)10 December 1959
Hepu, Guangdong, China
Died16 April 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 40)
Burial place
Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
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Ann Mui
梅愛芳
Mui in the 1990s
Born
Ann Mui Oi-fong

(1959-12-10)10 December 1959
Hepu, Guangdong, China
Died16 April 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 40)
Burial place
Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active1989–2000
Spouse
Poon Lap-Tak
(m. 1991)
Children2
FamilyAnita Mui (sister)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅愛芳
Simplified Chinese梅爱芳
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
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Career

Born on 10 December 1959 in China, Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother, Tam Mei-kam, raised four children alone.

Like her sister Anita, Mui had a dramatic contralto singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music. Despite not being twins, both Mui and Anita's singing voices were strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.[1][dubious discuss] She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially Jackie Chan's Police Story 2.

Mui died of cervical cancer in 2000, as would Anita three years later. Both sisters died at age 40. Mui died in St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong.

Personal life

In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family became estranged from until her death in 2000.[2]

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