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Teresa Teng was born on 29th January 1953.
She was a Taiwanese legend in singing.
She was known for her folk songs and loving ballads, such as "When Will You Return?" and
"The Moon Represents My Heart".
She noted songs not only in her native Mandarin Chinese but also in Hokkien, Cantonese, Japanese,
Indonesian and English.
She also spoke French fluently.
Teng, a longtime victim of asthma, died from a severe respiratory attack while on vacation
in Thailand in 1995, at the age of 42.
Teresa Teng was born in Tianyang Village at Taiwan Province in Republic of China on 29
January 1953, to mainland Chinese parents.
Her father was a soldier in the Republic of China Armed Forces from Daming, Hebei and
her mother was from Shandong.
She was the single girl, with three older brothers and a younger brother.
She was educated at Ginling Girls High School in Sanchong Township, Taipei County.
As a young child, Teng won honors for her singing at talent competitions.
Her first major flagship was in 1964 when she sang "Visiting Yingtai" from Shaw Brothers'
Huangmei opera movie, The Love Eterne, at an event hosted by Broadcasting Corporation
of China.
She was soon able to care her family with her singing.
ROC's rising business economy in the 1960s made the purchase of records easier for more
families.
With her father's support, she quit high school to pursue singing professionally.
Teng died from a severe asthma attack, though doctors and her partner Paul Quilery had speculated
that she died from a heart attack due to a side effect of an overdose of unnamed amphetamines
while on leave in Chiang Mai, Thailand,at the age of 42 on 8 May 1995.
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