Chieu Hung: Talented, supported by the late Meritorious Artist Vu Linh, life was miserable, passed away because of illness

Chieu Hung is an artist with beautiful body, graceful singing. Therefore, his sudden departure has left a lot of grief for the audience and friends and colleagues.

Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung, real name Nguyen Van Hung, was born in 1965 in Can Tho. After suffering a heart attack, his family took him to the Hospital of University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City for emergency treatment on the afternoon of the 7th of the Lunar New Year (February 1, 2020).

He took his last breath at 11 a.m. on February 2, 2020, at the age of 54. The funeral of Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung was held at his home in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City.

Meritorious Artist Thanh Thanh Tam said she used to go to Kien Giang and An Giang with Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung to make a video clip to prepare for his live show at Hung Dao Cinema. Thanh Thanh Tam and Chieu Hung perform excerpts of "Tru La Thon Love Story". They had many good memories when they returned to Ha Tien beach to take pictures. Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung is a person who diligently studies and trains his profession. He has a beautiful body, very charming singing, but has many difficulties and bad luck. Although life is difficult, he still clings to the stage of reform. Every season of festivals and shows, he still makes an effort to join his juniors.

Meritorious Artist Voice My confided that Chieu Hung has a sweet, inspiring voice and brave acting. As a descendant of the family, Chieu Hung often confided that he had to do his best to deserve to be the son of a family with a three-generation tradition of singing. During the development of the video cai luong stage, artists Chieu Hung and Thoai My filmed many good plays, which were loved by the audience.

"On the stage of cai luong ancient tuong Huynh Long, Minh To, we were performed with the guidance of senior artists such as: Buu Truyen, Thanh Tong, Bach Mai, Duc Loi... and Mr. The artist is very bright, learns tuong very quickly, learns to dance very well. It hurts to hear that he suddenly passed away, my heart is very sad "- Thoai My said.

Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung is the grandson of the opera troupe. His mother is the female artist Ngoc Them, died in 2007. He has a sister, female artist Phuong Anh (director of the Binh Thuy - Can Tho classical music club) and an older brother, Quoc Viet (the clown). Tay Do Theater - Can Tho).

Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung lived with the Phuoc Tan troupe of his uncle, Huong, when he was young. He was seen singing and learned to sing from a young age, so at the age of 11, he played the role of Trinh An in the play "Tram Trinh An" by Phuong Hung. At the age of 19, Chieu Hung played the first dual lead role as Nguyen Toan Trung in the play "Wind dust of the border" by composer Dieu Huyen. In 1986, he left the provincial delegation to Ho Chi Minh City to sing on many stages such as: Huong Thu, Huynh Long, Sai Gon 1. This is the period when his talent shines.

"I have an unforgettable memory with him when in 2009 I performed the play "The Silk Weaving Bridge" with him at Hung Dao Theater. That was the last time I acted with him after many plays on many stages" - NS Cam Thu recounted.

In 1998, Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung joined the Kim Huong reform group (elected Minh Long), paired with Meritorious Artist Tu Suong. The two are famous through the play "Frazy and love". In 1999, he joined the reformed troupe Tran Huu Trang 2 to perform with artist Ngan Hue, and was loved through the plays: "Washing the dust of life", "God's gift"... In 2000, he joined the Minh To troupe to sing. main in the plays: "Put a bird's wings in", "Spring white lotus blooms"...

The late Meritorious Artist Vu Linh said Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung also tried to be a vocal troupe "Huong Buoi", operating for a year. Initially, it was successful with very good revenue, but later, due to difficulties in personnel, script and rainy weather, the troupe disbanded and suffered from debt.

In 2003, Chieu Hung had a great accident in his family. His daughter, Huynh Mai, was 11 years old at the time, suffering from heart valve disease. Artist brothers and sisters and the audience supported him with money, but then he did not survive.

During more than 30 years of working as an actor, Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung has worked with more than 10 major vocal troupes, appeared in over 100 stage plays and video and television cai luong plays. He won many gold medals through national festivals and performances.

In 2000, he was invited to work at the Dong Nai Cai Luong Doan (now the Dong Nai Traditional Art Theater). Here, he achieved many successes. In particular, in the National Professional Theater Competition 2015 in Bac Lieu, he won a gold medal in the play "Late Lights".

It is known that after Chieu Hung's death, his son Luong Vi followed in his career to become a singer and singer-songwriter.

However, recently this guy caused a lot of controversy when singing in front of the grave of the late Meritorious Artist Vu Linh.

Accordingly, at the beginning of March, Luong Vi and a friend wore neat costumes and stood to record the music video right in front of the grave of the late Meritorious Artist Vu Linh. This image immediately received mixed reviews.

Before the criticism of the online community, the son of the late Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung apologized.

He said that when he heard that his senior had passed away, the male singer and his mother came to offer condolences to the family of late Meritorious Artist Vu Linh on behalf of the family.

Singer Luong Vi shared: "I'm very sorry because in the past, when my uncle sang goodbye to my three children on the last night (Reputed Artist Chieu Hung - PV), I very much appreciated your love, so I regretted when the last night didn't sing. farewell uncle.

I contacted a brother of mine to compose a song for you instead of my family and my family sent it to you. I would like to sing a small part of this song and shoot the MV at the cemetery where you are buried. My brother told me, there is a song to see him off to his final resting place, but now it doesn't make sense to return to his final resting place.

I knew my actions were wrong and I went up to burn incense to apologize to your family."

It is known that when they were born, Meritorious Artist Chieu Hung and Meritorious Artist Vu Linh were extremely close colleagues. Even when she heard that her brother had died and her family was in trouble, Vu Linh also went to her house to send money to help and take care of the grave.

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