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Ann Mui

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Ann Mui
梅愛芳
Born
Ann Mui Oi-fong

(1959-12-10)10 December 1959
Died16 April 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 40)
Burial placeShang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1989–2000
Spouse
Poon Lap-Tak
(m. 1991)
Children2
FamilyAnita Mui (sister)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅愛芳
Simplified Chinese梅爱芳
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMui4 Ngoi3fong1

Ann Mui Oi-fong (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a Hong Kong singer and actress.

Career

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Born on 10 December 1959 in China, Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother, Tam Mei-kam, raised four children alone.

Like her sister Anita, Ann had a dramatic contralto singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music. Despite not being twins, both Ann and Anita's singing voices were strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.[1][dubiousdiscuss] She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially Jackie Chan's Police Story 2.

Ann Mui died of cervical cancer in 2000, as would Anita three years later. Both sisters died at age 40. Ann died in St.Paul Hospital, Causeway Bay, and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong.

Personal life

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In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family was estranged from until her death in 2000.

Filmography

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