Hong Kong pop star Anita Mui announces she has cervical cancer during a news conference in Hong Kong in this September 5, 2003 file photo. Mui, well known in Chinese communities the world over, died on early December 30, less than four months after revealing that she had cervical cancer at the age of 40. [Reuters]

Hong Kong singer-actor Leslie Cheung (R) and singer-actress Anita Mui gesture at the presentation of the Jade Solid Gold Best 10 Awards for year 2001 in Hong Kong in this January 13, 2001 file photo. Mui, well known in Chinese communities the world over, died on early December 30, 2003, less than four months after revealing that she had cervical cancer at the age of 40. Cheung, 46, leapt out of a window of the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong on April 1, 2003. Picture taken January 13, 2001. [Reuters]

Hong Kong canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui performs at one of her last concerts in Hong Kong November 6, 2003. [Reuters]

Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan grieves over the death of canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui at a hospital in Hong Kong December 30, 2003. Forty-year-old Mui died on early December 30 of lung failure, a complication caused by her cervical cancer. [Reuters] Anita Mui poses with her elder sister Mui Oi-fong who died in 2000, also from the same kind of cancer. [chinadaily.com.cn/file] Anita Mui performs at one of her concerts in Hong Kong. [chinadaily.com.cn]

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