Teresa Teng: the idol of the idols
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E-mail CRI, May 8, 2015
20 years have passed since Teresa Teng died from a severe asthma attack in Thailand, but her pleasant folk songs and romantic ballads as well as her sweet appearance are fondly remembered by millions of people in Asia and all over the world.
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A tourist visits the Teresa Teng Museum in Kaohsiung, southeast China's Taiwan, May 5, 2015. Superstar Teng had enjoyed popularity in east Asia for more than three decades. After selling millions of records, the pop singer retired in France in the early 1990s and died in 1995. [Photo: Xinhua/Cai Yang] |
Among her fans are many famous singers and actors, including Faye Wong, Karen Mok, Sammi Cheung,Na Ying, Stefani Sun and Gigi Leung, as well as Andy Lau, Jay Choe, David Tao, Chyi Chin, Fei Yuqing, Aska Yang, Yoga Lin and even rock stars Zheng Jun and Cui Jian. She is a worthy idol.
Many of her songs became wildly popular in her lifetime and even now, they can still be heard everywhere from restaurants to shopping malls.
This song is Slow Walk along the Road of Life, which Andy Lau once produced a music video in memory of Teresa Teng by playing the intro of Teresa's version.
Faye Wong, known as the Chinese Pop Diva of few words, once expressed her gratitude towards Teng and said that she is her only idol.
Faye Wong cherished the memory of the beloved singer by posting a short message on her Weibo account on the anniversary of her death in 2013. She said: "Thank you for having been there. May your beauty live on."
Science and technology can not only change our lives, but it can also bring Teresa Teng back on stage. Taiwan pop singer Jay Chou performed with a hologram of the late star at his concert in Taipei in 2013.
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