HONG KONG: Hong Kong pop diva Anita Mui, known to Chinese across the globe as the “Asian Madonna,” died yesterday after a long battle with cervical cancer. She was 40.
“She went peacefully and beautifully. Her own last wish was that her fans and reporters could let her go quietly, not to cry and call out her name,” action movie star Jackie Chan, a good friend of Mui’s, told reporters after her death.
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