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Vivian Chen

Fourteen years after Leslie Cheung’s death, the brilliant superstar is still loved and remembered by his fans in Hong Kong and across the globe. Take a walk down memory lane with some of these rarely seen images from SCMP’s archive which follow the rise of the superstar in the ’80s and ’90s.



17 rare photos of Leslie Cheung from the style icon’s golden time

Charming Maggie Cheung Man-yuk and singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing attending the opening ceremony of hairdresser Kim Robinson's branch of Le Salon Orient in Times Square.

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was on stage to present an award for Hong Kong Film Awards. 

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (left) and Alan Tam Wing-lun, the hottest male pop-singers in Hong Kong in 1986.

Mr Steve Huang (Centre) posing for a picture with winner Simon Chung Wei-keung (R) and runner-up Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing of the Asian Amateur Singing Contest in 1977.

Megastars Leon Lai Ming (left) and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing attending the opening ceremony of hairdresser Kim Robinson's branch of Le Salon Orient in Times Square.

Canto-pop singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing singing in the Miss Chinese International Pageant in 1988.

Canto-pop singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing singing in the Miss Chinese International Pageant.

Singer-actor Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing signing his name on the star as one of the Ten Most Famous Personalities.

Canto-pop singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing sings his winning song at the Chinese Gold Songs award presentation ceremony organized by Radio Television Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

The trio with their heads down looking at a trophy at the 13th Hong Kong Film Awards are actor Tony Leung Kar-fai (from left), actress Anita Yuen Wing-yee and actor-singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. The trophy of Best Actress Yuen is holding is to recognize her efforts in C'est La Vie, Mon Cherie.

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (right), the first-runner up of the Asian Amateur Singing Contest, received his trophy gleefully, May 1977.

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing giving his performance at City Hall, May 1981.

Singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing gives his best performance at City Hall, May 1981.

Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing starred in Days of Being Wild.

The award-winning film "Farewell To My Concubine" brought glory to China for the first time by winning the top prize, the Palme D'Or, in the Cannes Film Festival. The picture shows superstar Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing (left), who played the leading role in the film, receiving a warm welcome from his fans at Kai Tak Airport.

Pop-singers Anita Mui Yim-fong and Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing.

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