'King Ho Quang' Vu Linh: A life of hardship, empty-handed because of g.ambling and lonely 63 years old

Many once-golden artists of the past have now turned into a rare age. Some people are still surprisingly healthy, others are sick and sick.

Vu Linh's real name is Vo Van Ngoan, born in 1958 in Ho Chi Minh City. He was one of the artists who "dominated" the Vietnamese cai luong stage in its heyday, the 1990s.

Ever "up and down" because of g.ambling, sometimes almost fell into the hands of "brown fairies", when overcoming all, artist Vu Linh understands one thing: W.inning yourself is difficult.

The reformed king

Vu Linh's studies are unfinished because of his difficult family. He was taught singing by his family at the age of 13 at Van Phat School, then transferred to study classical songs with artist Van Vi. At the age of 14, Vu Linh began to follow the Dong Au Hoa Generation troupe to perform in many southern provinces.

Some time later, Vu Linh sang for the Kim Chuong Hoa Anh Dao troupe, where the young artist met two veteran figures in the reform industry, Meritorious Artist Dieu Hien and artist Truong Anh Loan. They love Vu Linh like a c.hild in the family and are dedicated to providing career guidance. In the years that followed, he collaborated with many troupes and troupes, performing in Ho Chi Minh City and then going to other provinces.

It wasn't until 1988, at the age of 30, that Vu Linh really rose to the top of his career when he collaborated with Tran Huu Trang 2 Cai Luong Theater. With the play Xa phu go to porcelain, he introduced the stage art of cai luong ancient tuong. returned to the masses, followed by a series of other famous Ho Quang Cai Luong plays such as Luong Son Ba - Chuc Anh Dai, Bang Quy Phi, Goddess of the Five Spirits, Chieu Quan Cong Ho ...

Vu Linh is considered to have all the necessary elements to become a bright star such as a beautiful face like an amateur, a tall and elegant b.ody, eyes that can speak and a sweet voice, and love from heaven. Becoming "the reformed prince Ho Quang", Vu Linh appeared on any stage that was full. The display cabinets of the record stores in the reformed category are always filled with his image.

In his artistic life, Vu Linh has been honored many times: second in the 10 most popular actors in 1989, first in the top 10 most popular actors in 1990. In 1991, he won the Gold Medal of the a.ward. Prospect Tran Huu Trang, is the only male artist among the 6 winners that year (besides Thanh Thanh Tam, Ngoc Huyen, Tai Linh, Phuong Hong Thuy and Thanh Hang).

People's Artist Diep Lang once joked that the first season of Tran Huu Trang had the phenomenon of "yin prosperity and yang decline" when Vu Linh was the only male artist to win the a.ward with 5 girls: Tai Linh, Thanh Thanh Tam, Phuong Hong Thuy , Ngoc Huyen and Thanh Hang - all familiar co-stars, used to stand with him on many stages.

With her beautiful b.ody, bright stage face, inspiring vocals, pompous performance and harmony with almost all her co-stars, the ability to perform fluently in a variety of genres, Vu Linh creates an attraction. especially when it shows up. Vu Linh often leads the polls for the most favorite artists organized by the Theater Association and press and media agencies.

In 1995, Vu Linh won the Gold Medal, the Best Actor a.ward of the Tran Huu Trang A.ward (this is the first year the Tran Huu Trang A.ward has this category).

Vu Linh was awarded the title of Distinguished Artist in 1997. His name is associated with many famous Cai Luong plays such as: Hon Vong Phu, Ruining a dusty shirt, Dai Viet's statue, Co Dao singing, Luong Son Ba - Wish Anh Dai...

Not only dominating the stage, Vu Linh also filmed more than 400 reformed videos and participated in many music videos such as Duyen Tinh, Tinh Doi. He also acted in 2 movies "Dream Girl" and "Bizarre Doll".

Life is sinking, fate is difficult

The waves of Vu Linh's life are largely associated with his playfulness. People in the profession told each other, life has "four toppling walls" that are dangerous, he stumbles enough, not missing anything. He loves drinking, many drinking sessions are not measured in hours but in days. His passion for g.ambling sometimes made him lose 3 houses once. There was a time when he was still close to addiction, but fortunately woke up thanks to his love for his daughter.

Immersed in toxic pleasures, "King of Cai Luong Ho Quang" many times went up and down the dog, because he lost everything, so he changed from working as a double singer to becoming a voter, having to sell his house and land to pay his debts.

His love story is equally "waterfall". Talented and famous, Vu Linh has always had no shortage of loving and passionate women. He himself is also very sentimental, so he is hypocritical and gets into a lot of trouble. In her youth, Vu Linh was deeply in love with a beautiful g.irl, but her rich family forbade her due to the prejudice of "singing without species". Saddened by the breakup, Vu Linh fell into a red and black habit, fortunately later awakened by the strict "master" artist Dieu Hien.

The next love affair with a g.irl who lived near the place where the singing group was stationed brought Vu Linh a son, but he died of illness when he was only a few years old. This s.hock engulfed Vu Linh in alcohol, and once again, the person who lifted him up and returned to the cai luong stage a talented artist was his mentor Dieu Hien.

For some time, Vu Linh dated reformed artist Thanh Thanh Tam. They used to think about marriage, but their predestined relationship was not enough, so they broke up.

Currently at the age of 63, Meritorious Artist Vu Linh lives alone and often does charity work. He often uploads to his YouTube channel, which has nearly 176,000 followers, clips recording his life moments, such as cooking delicious dishes, rehearsing with colleagues...

Sharing with a newspaper, Vu Linh once confided: "Experiencing many ups and downs, sometimes my name is obscured by many circumstances, I have realized that life always gives me many opportunities, people need working for the community, that's what r.emains with time."

Vu Linh's daughter sobbed at the grave of her third c.hild, r.evealing the story of artist Tai Linh's visit from the US Thảo Mai15:34:25 27/11/2023Present at the grave of reformed artist Vu Linh, Hong Loan could not hold back her emotions while sharing about her late father. In addition, she also told the story of artist Tai Linh visiting her house.