Former Taiwanese superstar Liu Wen-cheng, who was well-known for songs similar to The Promise (1975) and The Drizzle In March (1981), has died at the age of 70, in accordance with Taiwanese media.
The singer died of a coronary heart assault in November, in accordance with his good pal and agent Hsia Yu-shun.
There was a report from Taiwan’s United Daily News quoting an unnamed pal who mentioned Liu was nonetheless alive. However, this was refuted by Hsia, who confirmed Liu’s demise to the Taiwanese media.
Liu was a star within the Mandarin pop scene through the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties, and was identified for his signature look of sporting a hat and scarf. His songs had been additionally common in Hong Kong, China and South-East Asia.
He rose to fame in 1975 together with his first album, The Promise, and gained Best Male Singer at Taiwan’s Golden Bell Awards in 1980, 1982 and 1983.
His first film was The Story Of Four Girls (1975), which additionally starred Sylvia Chang and Tien (*70*), and he hosted the singing present, Liu Wen-cheng’s Time, with Chinese Television System in 1977, with the present’s viewership reaching as excessive as 82%. He grew to become a family title by performing in 22 romantic sequence within the span of seven years between 1975 and 1982.
Liu moved to the United States after his contract with Polygram led to 1984, however he returned to Taiwan in 1986 to arrange Feiying (Flying Eagle) report label, which signed on singers similar to Annie Yi, Fang Wen-lin and Donna Chiu, in addition to Eric Moo and Huo Cheng-chi.
Liu closed down the label in 1991 and migrated to the US, quitting the leisure trade utterly.
Hsia as soon as informed the media that Liu had give up at the peak of his reputation as he hoped that everybody would keep in mind the most effective of him.
Many individuals had claimed to have seen Liu over time, however this was refuted by Hsia, who mentioned Liu met up solely together with his shut pals. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
