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美国CNN电视台播报 梅艳芳逝世的新闻原文：

Monday, December 29, 2003 Posted: 7:30 PM EST (0030 GMT)

HONG KONG, China (AP) -- Canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui（ 梅艳芳）has died after a battle with cancer, according to friends. She was 40. Mui died at Hong Kong’s Sanitorium Hospital at 2:50 a.m. Tuesday (1850 Monday GMT) after suffering from cervical cancer, according to her friends, including fellow singer Alan Tam, who were keeping vigil at the hospital.

Known as Hong Kong’s Madonna, Mui kicked off her career by winning a local singing contest in 1982. She rose to stardom with the song “Homecoming“ in 1984. In 1987, she held a concert in Hong Kong known as the “Everchanging Anita“ for a then record-breaking 28 nights. Mui also gained fame as an actress, nning Taiwan’s Golden Horse award for best actress in 1987 for her role as a tormented ghost in the movie “Rouge.”

In September, she announced at a news conference that she was fighting cervical cancer after media speculation about her deteriorating health. “I am not a weak person ... I can tell you that I have never had any fears and I will win this fight,“ she said. More than 20 celebrities, including action film legend Jackie Chan, Bond girl Michelle Yeoh, and fellow Canto-pop singers Jackie Cheung and Nicholas Tse, appeared at her side in a show of support. Canto-pop refers to hits sung in Cantonese, the dialect of Chinese that is widely spoken in Hong Kong and in many overseas Chinese communities.

Mui, who was not married, was also known for her charity work. She set up the Anita Mui Charity Foundation in the early 1990s. Her elder sister, Mui Oi-fong, died in 2000, also from cancer.

Funeral arrangements were not immediately available.

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香港，美国（美联社）

香港传奇流行女伶(1)、女演员梅艳芳，据其友人透露，她离世于与癌症的斗争中。时年四十岁。阿梅于周二凌晨2:50分（周一 18:50 GMT(2)）因患子宫颈癌离世后，她的朋友们，包括歌手谭咏麟将一直在医院守夜。大家都知道，她是香港的麦当娜，梅艳芳的职业生涯始于她1982年赢得当地的歌唱比赛。她在1984年以一首《似水流年》在演艺界迅速上位。1987年，她在香港举行演唱会打破记录连唱28晚，被称为“白变梅艳芳”。阿梅同时也是一位远近闻名的女演员，在1987年凭电影《胭脂扣》中哀怨的女鬼形象获台湾金马奖最佳女主角。

今年9月，她召开新闻发布会宣布她已患子宫颈癌并正积极与之斗争，结束后媒体纷纷猜测她的健康状况是否已有所恶化。她说：“我不是个弱者，我可以告诉你们，我从没怕过，我会打赢这场仗。”超过20位名人，包括动作电影传奇成了，邦女郎杨紫琼，同样为流行歌手的张学友、谢霆锋，都在她身边表示支持她。Canto-pop是指用粤语唱歌，这种方言广泛运用于香港及许多海外华人社区。

阿梅没有结婚。她为慈善于1990年代初设立了梅艳芳四海一心慈善基金会。她的姐姐梅爱芳同样因患子宫颈癌于2000年去世。

她的葬礼目前并未有明确安排。

(1)有一种说法是：“女伶（diva）是大众注意的焦点， 是乐坛的佼佼者，是高贵傲慢的女皇。”

(2)格林尼治标准时间

美国《 时代周刊》 梅艳芳纪念文章节选:

Farewell to Hong Kong's Sour Beauty

Never the fairest of songbirds, she brought a stoic sexuality to music and film