Where is leslie cheung buried

Sixteen years ago today April 1 , Leslie Cheung committed suicide by leaping off the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental in Hongkong. The death of the singer-actor, who was one of the biggest stars in Asia — on April Fools' Day, no less — sent shockwaves across the world, leaving his many, many fans devastated.

His passing also shed light on how prevalent depression is in showbiz, and how the scary disease affects everyone, even beloved stars who seem to have it all. Leslie, who would have been 62 this year, is still missed by his fans, his famous friends and especially his boyfriend Daffy Tong. On February 5 this year, Daffy uploaded this pic. Leslie was not just well-loved by his showbiz peers but had also been an inspiration to the many stars who came after him.

She uploaded a video of her scenes with Leslie from the movies they worked on together. Shu Qi also reposted the same video. Later at his funeral, Cheung's niece disclosed that her uncle had severe clinical depression and suffered much over the past year. He is buried in Po Fook Hill, Shatin.

In Cheung collaborated with William Chang , the art director of Wong Kar-Wai's Days of Being Wild , to make his music video Bewildered, about the intimacy between two gay men. Japanese ballet dancer Nishijima Kazuhiro played Cheung's lover in the video. The music video was demonized for advocating homosexuality and was banned by TVB, but Cheung refused to edit the scenes and censor himself. In a interview with Time magazine, Cheung said: "It's more appropriate to say I'm bisexual.

I've had girlfriends. When I was 22 or so, I asked my girlfriend Teresa Mo to marry me. Cheung's last concert tour was the Passion Tour, which took place in Hong Kong and overseas from to Cheung collaborated with fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, transforming Cheung "From Angel to Devil" in four costumes: the Angel, the Pretty Boy, the Latin Lover, and the Devil — denoting cross-cultural drag and focusing on Cheung's androgyny and bisexuality.

Although Passion Tour was acclaimed in Japan, Korea, and Canada for Cheung's glamour and dignity in using drag performance through Gaultier's costume designs, in Hong Kong it was received with disapproval.

Cheung responded to questions regarding his love life: "In terms of lovers, I think I can be a better friend than a lover. Because I am a workaholic. To share my romance, that person has to compromise something.

In , Sun Entertainment opened the "Star Second-hand Shop", where second-hand goods donated by celebrities were auctioned to raise money for the "Sun Love Fund". Leslie Cheung was known for his very good taste, and he was the first to donate three well-loved, carefully selected pieces to the auction. Leslie also donated his beloved badminton racket to IDclub Taiwan, to be auctioned to raise money for the children's cancer fund.

In , at a party to raise relief funds in the aftermath of the Taiwan earthquake, Cheung participated in a fried rice tasting event. Cheung was a supporter of several charities concerning children's welfare. He was a patron of the Children's Cancer Foundation, a charity that cares for young children with cancer and their families. He was the first Cantopop star to launch a charity fundraiser at a concert.

In , although he rarely sang in public at that time, he sang three theme songs from his films to raise money for the elderly. In Cheung signed a contract with Rock Records, returning to music as a singer. At the same year, he released his first post-"retirement" album, Beloved. In an interview in , Cheung stated that "My mind is bisexual. It's easy for me to love a woman. It's also easy for me to love a man, too" and "I believe that a good actor would be androgynous, and ever changing.

Although Cheung quit his career as a pop singer from to , he continued his music career as a songwriter. He composed more than ten songs during that time. In , he wrote all three theme songs for the film The Phantom Lover.

In , he was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. In , Tam publicly quit all pop music award ceremonies. In , Cheung announced his intention to retire from his music career as a singer. Cheung then set a record by being the first singer ever in Cantopop history to hold a retirement concert series Final Encounter of the Legend, which ran for 33 consecutive nights he was 33 at the time at Hong Kong Coliseum.

Cindy Yeung was also a fan of Cheung and was seven years younger than him. Cheung and Yeung went out on several dates until the latter returned to Boston. They continued their relationship through phone calls and letters, but would later part ways on the following year but still remained good friends. Cheung felt that if he was not in showbiz, he may have already been married with children like most of his friends.

Cheung later went into a brief relationship with an actress Shirley Yim [zh] , the younger sister of Michelle Yim , but they broke up in , due to their incompatibly for each other's lifestyles.

In , Cheung announced his retirement from the music industry as a pop singer. Following his participation in talent competitions, Cheung signed with Polydor Records in and released his first albums, I Like Dreamin and Day Dreamin, recording the full contents of the album in English. The albums flopped as did his first Cantonese-language album, Lover's Arrow, in During one performance in , Cheung was booed by the crowd and the singer briefly departed from his music career, until signing with Capital Artists in where he released his breakthrough album, Wind Blows On that year.

In , his song "Monica" became the best-selling single in Hong Kong history and made Cheung a music superstar. Cheung left Capital Artists in and released nine more albums on the Cinepoly label. In , Cheung proposed to Mo with flowers in marriage. But his sudden proposal startled Mo and she began to distance herself from him.

Although Cheung and Teresa Mo eventually broke up shortly after the proposal and briefly lost contact, they later remained close friends again when they reunited for the film All's Well, Ends Well.