Teresa Teng
29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995
Teresa Teng was a Taiwanese singer whose Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, Japanese and English recordings made her one of the most widely heard performers in East and Southeast Asia. Songs such as "The Moon Represents My Heart" and "Tian Mi Mi" circulated widely in mainland China during the 1980s, and she also built a major career in Japan. She died of an asthma attack in Thailand in 1995 at the age of 42.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Teresa Teng.
- Ada Yonath (1939–2026) Overlapped 42 years →
- Adonis (1930–present) Overlapped 42 years →
- Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000) Overlapped 42 years →
- Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016) Overlapped 42 years →
- Akio Morita (1921–1999) Overlapped 42 years →
- Akira Yoshino (1948–present) Overlapped 42 years →
Life events
She was born Teng Li-chun into a family that had moved from mainland China to Taiwan.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer prize-winning performance of Huangmei opera pieces brought her early public attention.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe signed with a Taiwanese record label and began recording Mandarin pop in her teens.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSigned to a Japanese label, her single "Kūkō" became a hit and earned her the Japan Record Award for best new artist.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer version of the song became her best-known recording across the Chinese-speaking world.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter entering Japan on an Indonesian passport she was excluded for a year and spent time living in California.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe song began a run of successful Japanese-language singles in the mid-1980s.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe appeared at the "Concert for Democracy in China" held in Happy Valley.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe died of a severe asthma attack while on holiday and was buried in Jinbaoshan, Taiwan.
Source: en.wikipedia.org