Singer Chao Chuan's 100-year-old mother dies just a week before Mother's Day
Taiwanese singer Chao Chuan recently lost his 100-year-old mother, just a week before Mother's Day.
The 63-year-old wrote on Facebook that he received news of her death on May 2, right before he was slated to perform for a concert in the Taiwanese county of Pingtung.
Chao said in the May 3 post that he soldiered on with the performance. He wrote: 'Last night, before my Pingtung show, I got a call from my older sister who told me that my dearest mother had passed away. I calmed my emotions, went onstage to finish my set, waved goodbye to my fans, then swiftly took the train back home.'
He also said in his tribute: 'My warmest, most loving mother, who always quietly supported my show-business career, thank you for loving and putting up with me. Thank you for your unconditional support. I'll keep singing, so I can be a son you're proud of. My mother was 100 this year, she has lived a full life and is now in heaven to accompany my father. Rest well there, I love you.'
In a sombre coincidence, his father died, aged 94, while he was on a concert tour in China in November 2023.
Chao said in a tribute post on Facebook to his father then: 'Thank you for loving me so much, for gifting me with a good voice, and for letting me do what I love. Thanks for dedicating your life to giving us a warm home.'
The singer is known for Mandopop classics like I'm Not Good Looking But I'm Very Gentle (1988), and the numbers The Silence Of The Lambs and How Could I Tell You That I Love You – which were the opening and ending theme songs respectively to the first instalment of Singaporean drama series The Unbeatables (1993). – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
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