"According to reports, the hat-loving singer said before her death: "I've led a happy and interesting life.
As for the songs I never got to sing in this life, I will sing them to you in my next life.”The Hong Kong-based singer actually died over a month ago -- on Jan. 3 -- but she asked her lawyers to keep her death a secret until after the Chinese New Year's celebrations, fearing it would bring bad luck to her fans.“It [her death] happened at a time that was very close to the Lunar New Year holiday,” her lawyer Lawyer Chiang Yen-wei told the Taipei Times.“Fong was a very considerate person and wanted to keep everything low-key. On January 3, 2012, Fong died at the age of 58 from lung cancer in St. Teresa's Hospital at Kowloon City, but the news was only reported on February 13, 2012, after Chinese New Year, by her attorney per her request to keep her illness and death out of the press until all of her funeral arrangements were settled.
13 Feb – Taiwanese singer and TV host Feng Fei Fei, aged 60, had passed away in Hong Kong on 3 January after a losing battle to lung cancer, but only now has her lawyer come forth to … We hope fans will understand why we chose to handle the matter in this way.”Her death was even momentarily kept secret from her mother and brother.Taiwanese fans were saddened by the news, which came only days after the death of American singer Whitney Houston. Click on thumbnail to view (Photos: Hype Records, Internet, Wanbao)
Taiwanese singer Feng Fei Fei passed away on January 3 in Hong Kong at about 3.19am, said the family's lawyers at a press conference held in Hong Kong today.According to her wishes, Feng's death was kept as a secret for over a month, as the Lunar New Year was approaching and she did not want her fans to receive the bad news.According to Chinese paper Shinmin daily, even her aged mother and brother were also kept in the dark about her death, and only received the news 42 days later.The elder Ms Feng, who has been suffering from dementia and other health problems, had been living in a nursing home in Taiwan and was completely unaware her daughter had passed away.Feng had instructed her son to only break the news of her death to her mother 42 days after her death, after her ashes had been deposited in Daxi, her hometown.Shinmin said the nursing home refused to divulge Ms Feng's reaction to her daughter's death.According to reports, a distant uncle of the singer claimed to have gone hiking with her brother the previous week. The uncle said that the brother appeared to be fine, and may also have been unaware of his sister's death.Lawyer Jiang Yanwei said that Feng had planned on holding a concert in June last year, but cancelled it due to problems with her voice.It was thought that there was a callus in her throat, but check-ups revealed that she had fourth stage lung cancer.Ms Jiang said that Feng's condition worsened on Jan 1. Taiwanese pop idol Feng Fei Fei (also spelled Fong Fei Fei) has died after a battle with lung cancer, her representatves announced on Tuesday.
Feng then left instructions to Ms Jiang to only reveal her death to the public once the 15 days of Chinese New Year was over, and to thank her fans for supporting her.She was quoted as saying: "Breaking such news during the New Year holidays will bring bad luck to others. Feng Fei Fei, commented Singaporean singer Tanya Chua on her blog.Like Houston, she had multiple awards for her music, and social networking sites erupted with news of her passing, which was even mourned by Taiwan’s president, Ma Ying-jeou.Additionally, Premier Sean Chen has asked Government Information Office to honor Feng's contributions to Taiwanese culture, and Wu Chih-yang, the commissioner of her native Taoyuan county, said that he would organize a memorial concert and erect a statue of her in a town park, Taipei Times In her lifetime, Feng produced an incredible 81 albums, considerably more than Houston, who released six studio albums, two soundtracks and a Christmas album.Fong's remains were cremated and brought to Taiwan, where is she buried next to her husband. Taiwanese pop idol Feng Fei Fei (also spelled Fong Fei Fei) has died after a battle with lung cancer, her representatves announced on Tuesday.“I have lived a happy and wonderful life,” Feng said posthumously on her Web site. “Thank you for being by my side all this time, my brothers and sisters. Her husband passed away from lung cancer as well in June 2009, after a three-month battle against lung cancer. In this photo taken on April 27, 2011, Feng Fei-fei, the Taiwanese pop diva of the 1980s, smiles at a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan.