Leung Wai Yuk

Biography

Leung Wai Yuk was born in 1910 in Kaiping County, Guangdong Province. He was a Cantonese opera performer specializing in imitating the style of Xue Juexian. In 1950, he moved from Hainan Island to Taiwan Province. He led the "Jingzhong" and "Zhongxing" Cantonese opera troupes on tours across Taiwan. He served as deputy secretary-general of the Taiwan Province Cantonese Opera Research Society and president of the Kaixuan Music Society. He appeared in the American Cantonese film "Overseas Chinese Light," which premiered in Hong Kong in March 1940 and broke the box office record for Chinese films in the United States. He died on August 11, 1964, in Taipei from liver disease at the age of 54. The Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Association held a memorial service for him on August 16, 1964, with chairman Chan Kam-tang leading the ceremony. He left three sons and four daughters, including his eldest daughter, actress Leung Chui-fan, who lived in Hong Kong, while the rest of his family resided in Taiwan.