Taiwanese Singer AhSang Dies From Breast Cancer At 34
Date: April 7, 2009
News Source: Yahoo! Taiwan, ChinaTimes, http://asianfanatics.net/forum/
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AhSang 阿桑 (real name 黃嬿璘 Huang YanLin), who became famous for the
song 葉子 [Ye Zi] [Leaves], passed away from breast cancer at around
8:30 Saturday morning at 新店慈濟醫院 XinDian Hospital; she was 34. She
never said a word about her illness; she did not share the burden
of her illness with her friends. The news of her passing shocked
and upset those who knew her; she had originally planned to marry
her American-Born Chinese boyfriend this year and move to the US.
This wish can now never come true.
She didn't feel well when she was in the Mainland performing last
October; an examination upon her return to Taiwan revealed that she
was suffering from breast cancer; furthermore, it had already
advanced to the final stages. She had once wrote a self-encouraging
message on her blog; she had written optimistically, "All of this
will pass!" She never, however, mentioned her illness. Although she
underwent treatment, the cancer cells had already spread to her
lungs and liver. She spent the last portion of her life with her
mother and her siblings; in the end, her passing was
peaceful.
AhSang, who had a cheerful, vivacious personality, also had a very
unique, distinctive voice. She became very popular after singing 葉子
[Ye Zi] [Leaves]; her second album, however, 寂寞在唱歌/Lonely, Singing,
did not sell as well as anticipated. Because her career was not
progressing smoothly, after her contract with Warner expired in
2005, AhSang went to the Mainland to develop instead. She met her
American-Born Chinese boyfriend through friends; last March, she
said to J.S. and Z-Chen Chang ZhiCheng that the two years with her
boyfriend had been the happiest times of her life. She was planning
to marry and move to the US.
