Leslie Cheung (张国荣)

　　Leslie Cheung (L) and his partner Daffy Tong Hok-Tak [File Photo]

Born in September 1956 in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung was one of the most renowned singers and actors in Asia. He rose to prominence as a teen heartthrob and pop icon of Hong Kong in the 1980s, receiving numerous music and performance awards.

In 1994, he won the Japan Film Critics Society Award for best actor for his performance in "Farewell My Concubine." In 1998, he became the first Asian actor judge for the Berlin International Film Festival. In 2010, he was voted the third "Most Iconic Musician of All Time" (after Michael Jackson and The Beatles), and CNN considered him as one of "Asia's 25 Greatest Actors of All Time."

Cheung once came out in an interview with Time magazine's Asian version, saying that "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."

In a 1997 concert, Cheung openly revealed his relationship with Daffy Tong Hok-Tak, who remained his partner until Cheung's death.