Maestro dies after long battle with leukaemia


Dr Pauline Kung Bjorem

GEORGE TOWN: The first Malaysian to be accepted into the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School of Music in Surrey, England, has died at the age of 45.

Penangite Dr Pauline Kung Bjorem, who studied music at the school under a four-year scholarship, died on Nov 15 at the Baylor Hospital in Dallas, United States, after a long battle with leukaemia.

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