Ang It-hong , who was born in Yanshui Township in Tainan County

Tainan County

Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....

 (now part of Tainan City), was a Taiwanese

Taiwanese people

Taiwanese people may refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on the island of Taiwan and/or Taiwan Area which have been governed by the Republic of China since 1945...

 popular singer, songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

. He became popular in the 1960s and continued his acting career over three decades. Most of his works are songs in Taiwanese, including Kū Chêng Mî Mî (舊情綿綿) and Soaⁿ-téng O͘-káu Hiaⁿ (山頂黑狗兄).

Ang died from pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer refers to a malignant neoplasm of the pancreas. The most common type of pancreatic cancer, accounting for 95% of these tumors is adenocarcinoma, which arises within the exocrine component of the pancreas. A minority arises from the islet cells and is classified as a...

 on February 24, 2010.

See also

• Taiwanese pop
  Taiwanese pop
  Taiwanese pop is a popular music genre sung in the Taiwanese language . It is referred to as Tai-pop and known in South- setback during the years of Martial Law in Taiwan...