PICTURES FROM THE MEMORIAL
From Oriental Daily News:
Tong
needs help to stand
Funeral
procession
Cheung
Family
Casket
is led out of the funeral home
Fans
line street on way to crematorium
Casket
is led into the crematorium.)
Family
arrives at Conrad Hotel for reception
Carina
Lau and Tony Leung
Lyricist
Lin Xi
Fan
overcome
Fan
overcome
From The Sun:
Fans
line the street
Cheung
family arrives for reception at Conrad Hotel
Casket
leaves home for crematorium
Cheung
family arrives at crematorium
Smoke
rises from crematorium during cremation
Cheung
family leaving crematorium
Lydia
Shum
Carina
Lau and Tony Leung
Foreign
fan
Fan
leaves flowers at doorstep of funeral home
Mourning fans
From Sing Pao:
Procession
to the crematorium
Cheung family
leaves crematorium
Casket arrives
at crematorium
Cheung's
twin neices
John Shum
and Shallin Tse
Edison Chen
Michelle
Reis
Aaron Kwok
Dicky Cheung
Andy Hui
Mona Fong
Mourning
fans
A greiving
fan
A fan faints
RELATED
ITEMS:
- Daffy Tong took home the official funeral portrait -- a publicity still of Cheung from HE'S A WOMAN, SHE'S A MAN.
- According to the biography read during the funeral service, Cheung and Tong met on December 9th, 1982 at a function at The Regent hotel. Their twenty-year relationship began during the ensuing holidays.
- In keeping with her screen image, Brigitte Lin kept a brave face throughout the ceremonies.
- Chow Yun-Fat was approached by the family to be a pallbearer but refused for personal reasons. Chow: "Leslie's family asked me to be a pallbearer but, after careful consideration, I decided not to. Not being a pallbearer does not mean that I do not respect him!"
Related image: http://www.singpao.com/20030409/photos/m349388SP.jpg- At the funeral, Anita Mui Yim-Fong made her first public appearance since Cheung's death. Clearly devestated and still reeling, Calvin Choi Yat-Chi and Remus Choi Yat-Kit had to step in and keep her on her feet following the memorial service.
Related images:http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/photo/20030409/ent/0409enew01b2.jpg (Courtesy of Oriental Daily News)
http://www.the-sun.com.hk/channels/news/20030409/img/m5b040901_big.jpg (Courtesy of The Sun)
ONLY IN HONG KONG:- Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi did not attend the funeral. Instead, she drove herself to the Mandarin Hotel and stood, for a few minutes, at the spot where Leslie Cheung's body was found. When asked by reporters what she was doing, Cheung replied: "I'm just here to visit Gor-Gor!"
Related images:
http://www.the-sun.com.hk/channels/ent/20030409/img/e01040907_big.jpg (Courtesy of The Sun)
http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/photo/20030409/ent/0409enew05b1.jpg (Courtesy of Oriental Daily News)- Faye Wong did not go to the reception at the Conrad Hotel following the services. Instead, she went shopping at a nearby clothing store. When asked by reporters if she was concerned that it was unseemly to go shopping immediately after a funeral, Wong answered: "So what? I don't care (what people think)."
Related images:
http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/photo/20030409/ent/0409enew02b2.jpg (Courtesy of Oriental Daily News)
- The papers will not let talk of a Faye Wong - Nic Tse relationship die. The Sun, Oriental Daily and Sing Pao suggested that Wong and Tse were together again because they made their appearance at the wake just minutes apart. Also, all three papers pointed out that Wong and Tse attended the funeral while Cecilia Cheung did not.
Related images:
http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/photo/20030409/ent/0409enew02b1.jpg (Tse Courtesy of Oriental Daily News.)
http://www.the-sun.com.hk/channels/ent/20030409/img/e01040921_big.jpg (Tse Courtesy of The Sun.)
http://www.the-sun.com.hk/channels/ent/20030409/img/e01040920_big.jpg (Faye Wong Courtesy of Oriental Daily News)
