Joseph Koo, a leading music composer during Hong Kong cinema’s golden era, has died in Vancouver, Canada.
He was 91.Local media report his death as happening on Tuesday Jan.
3, 2023, but do not state a cause of death.Born in Guangzhou, China on Feb.
23, 1931, Koo Ka-fai moved with his scholarly and musical family from mainland China to Hong Kong in 1948.Koo spent much of his career in the Hong Kong film, TV and pop music industries.
And, even after he emigrated to Canada in the 1990s, he maintained active links with the Hong Kong industry.As a youngster, Koo learned the piano and composed songs for his sister Koo Mei, who was a major recording artist in her own right.
Later he became a performer and band leader performing at venues including the Luk Kwok Hotel in Hong Kong.His first composition for a film was “Dream,” a song performed
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