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In 2004, he filed for bankruptcy after his business - producing shows for
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He died of colon cancer on 25 July 2006, which is coincidentally the 1st day of the seventh lunar month, believed by the
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He used to be a host at least 20 getai shows and sang at about 80 during the annual Hungry Ghost
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