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65-640: The members include Lydia Shum (沈殿霞), Liza Wang (汪明荃), Felicia Wong (王愛明) and Teresa Cheung (張德蘭). The group debuted on the TVB variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight in early 1973 as all four members at that time were TVB artists. The group then frequently performed on the show and eventually disbanded in the late 1970s. Many famous Hong Kong actresses were in this group. The Four Golden Flowers produced Lydia Shum (Fei-Fei) , who died on February 26, 2008, because of liver cancer . The group also produced "The Big Sister" Liza Wang , who played an important part in

130-869: A 24/7 united newscast called " United News " ("Єдині новини") that is produced in turn by the various channels and amended with official information by governmental agencies to "objectively and promptly provide comprehensive information from different regions of the country 24/7". In the United Kingdom, the ITV Telethons were three charity telethons organised and televised in the UK by the ITV network. The broadcasts took place in 1988, 1990 and 1992. Each lasted for 27 hours and all were hosted by Michael Aspel . Regular telethons are held for charitable groups such as Comic Relief 's Red Nose Day and Sport Relief , and

195-516: A charity under the leadership of businessman Rafael Ferrari. Many international artists, television presenters and journalists participate in the event. TACA Airlines provides free transportation for international invitees. Local banks are open around-the-clock during the Telethon, to enable viewers to donate through their local banks. Like Chile and Honduras in December of every year since 1997

260-500: A combination of broadcasters, to raise funds through a unified effort: "Eén voor Afrika" (One for Africa). With a combination of 10 hours of television and 18 hours of radio broadcast, €44 million was raised. After another such action in 1987, the organisations decided to sign a permanent cooperation agreement as the Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (or SHO, meaning Cooperating Aid Organizations). Although

325-481: A combined total of £101 million ($ 151 million). Children in Need is well known for its nationwide link-up performances such as the choir that has been running since 2011 featuring over 1500 children in choirs of about 150 singing one song in unison from about 10 locations around the UK. This is usually the point where the telethon receives the most donations. From 2011 to 2015, ITV held their Text Santa telethon in

390-447: A comic and dramatic actress but is not limited to films in those genres. Kung fu fans will recognize her from her role as Yuen Cheung-Yan's dominating wife in the film Drunken Tai Chi . She also appeared as Richard Ng's wife in the all-star comedy Millionaire's Express , as well as a major role in the successful four movie series It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World . Her 1997 film Fitness Tour utilised her weight for its plot. She took

455-592: A custodial sentence. On that occasion, Shum was discharged from the hospital in July 2007. On 11 October 2007, Shum collapsed at home with pleural effusion , and was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QE) for emergency treatment. Later that day, Shum was transferred to QMH. She was discharged from that hospital on 16 October 2007. Shum was admitted to the intensive care ward of QMH on 22 January 2008 and checked out four days later. Shum's mother died in Canada while Shum

520-570: A handful of cities, including Louisville, Kentucky (WHAS Crusade for Children), Buffalo, New York (the Variety Club Telethon , held each winter for Variety, the Children's Charity ; it began on what is now WGRZ in 1962 before spending most of its run on WKBW-TV from 1963 to 2019 and then moving back to WGRZ in 2020, with WBBZ-TV added as a broadcast partner that year); Green Bay, Wisconsin ( WBAY-TV 's annual March telethon for

585-644: A leave from her movie career that same year, and hosted a talk show on Hong Kong, along with numerous telethons and variety shows on TVB. In 1976, Shum co-directed You Are Wonderful . Shum's last film was In-Laws Outlaws , a 2004 Cantonese comedy film directed by Clifton Ko Chi-Sum. Shum is credited with over 175 films. Shum starred in Singapore's Channel 5 sitcom Living with Lydia (while credited as Lydia Sum ) and Cantonese series like Slim Chances (我要Fit一Fit). Her performance in Living with Lydia won her

650-470: A live stream on the internet. The Crusade is famous for the legions of firefighters who collect money at intersections throughout the area each May and June. The most-broadcast telethon to date was January 22, 2010, Hope for Haiti Now telethon, to aid the victims of the January 10th earthquake . It offered the possibility for viewers to text donations on cell phones and raised a reported $ 58 million by

715-453: A main square of a Dutch city. Living on a juice-only fast, the DJs make an interactive, themed broadcast around the clock, to raise funds and awareness for International Red Cross initiatives. Regular programming on the station is suspended — instead 3FM and its website are completely dedicated to the event, which is also transmitted as a continuous audio and video live-stream . Additionally there

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780-515: A marriage would deter any woman from becoming close to Cheng. On 5 January 1985, Cheng and Shum flew to Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada to get married. Due to the hurried circumstances of their marriage and Shum's proportions being outside standard clothing sizes , there was insufficient time to prepare a wedding gown . Shum wore a Chinese cheongsam instead, and later said in a 2006 interview in Hong Kong that one of her greatest regrets

845-792: A new record total. In 2018, AACD helped over 8,000 people with physical disabilities. " Hope for Haiti Now " was a telethon based in the United States. It was organized as a humanitarian relief effort in response to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake . Licht ins Dunkel (literally: "light in the dark") is an annual telethon held in Austria to help disabled persons. In Catalonia , public television broadcaster Televisió de Catalunya broadcasts an annual telethon ( La Marató de TV3 ) (in Catalan) for several diseases. In 2018, it raised €15,068,252 for cancer research. €197,340,632 have been collected since

910-688: A number of American telethons, such as the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon, attracted donations from Canada due to being broadcast there. Notable regional telethons (outside of those produced by Children's Miracle Network) include: Since 1978, the major Chilean television networks hold an annual telethon called Teletón to raise funds to help children with developmental disabilities (most commonly cerebral palsy ) in Instituto de Rehabilitación Infantil ("Infant Rehabilitation Institute") centers. Mario Kreutzberger , who

975-442: A number of ways. Central to the campaign is the door-to-door campaign of approximately 100,000 volunteers servicing all 1.8   million Norwegian households, as well as donations accepted via telephone or by funds transfer to the campaign's bank account. NRK also hosts a live auction of various items and experiences, with proceeds also going to that year's selected charity. Several organizations donate considerable amounts, as does

1040-605: A quiz champion. Viewers could, for a fee, attempt to "stump" him with their favorite question. Prior to the establishment of their annual telethon in 1968, Perth station TVW broadcast one-off telethons for bushfire relief in 1961 , and to raise funds for Christmas care packages sent to Western Australian soldiers serving in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967. In the United States, telethons are held for various charitable organizations ; as of 2014, however, no national telethons currently exist. The longest-running national telethon in

1105-572: A round-the-clock outlet for such telethons. However, on the Sunday before the Super Bowl , CBN continues to produce a 12-hour telethon which airs on Freeform and is syndicated to various television stations; the broadcast of the program on the cable channel was a condition inserted in a 1998 deal by International Family Entertainment (which acquired the channel from CBN in 1990) to sell The Family Channel to News Corporation , and remained in place after

1170-484: Is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other cause. Most telethons feature heavy solicitations for pledges (promises to donate funds at a later time) by masters of ceremonies or hosts, who are often local celebrities or media personalities combined with variety show style entertainment such as singers, bands and instrumentalists. In some cases, telethons feature content related to

1235-613: Is television coverage, integration with social media , and a dedicated mobile app . All totalled the eleven editions have raised €76.8 million. Serious Request spin-off projects have since been adopted in Belgium , Switzerland , Sweden , Kenya , South Korea , Austria , Latvia and Portugal . TV-aksjonen ( English : "The TV Campaign/Auction") is an annual national Norwegian charity fund raising event that since 1974 has been run by Norwegian public broadcaster NRK in conjunction with selected organizations. The fundraiser

1300-624: Is the symbol of "La Teletón" in Chile, has served as the telethon's host since its inception. The telethon is an event of national unity and is proportionally, the most widely watched and most donated telethon in the world, surpassing Australia's Telethon. There is also a local telethon running, the Days for the Disabled Magellanic Children ( Jornadas por el Niño Impedido Magallánico ), to raise funds to help disabled children of

1365-513: Is the world's largest, measured in terms of donated value per capita and number of participants. The event is central to Norwegian society inasmuch as it is viewed as the most famous and trusted charity fundraiser in the country. The campaign is held on a Sunday in October each year, and on the selected day NRK devotes most of its airtime to informing the public about the organization and that year's special cause. Contributions are collected in

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1430-476: The Cross-Harbour Tunnel on its opening day. TVB General Manager Stephen Chan has said that there was no substitute for Lydia Shum, and that every person who worked with her professionally eventually became well known in Hong Kong. Her openness to appearing in sport bikinis and ballet costumes despite her size earned her respect in image-conscious Hong Kong. Shum has been established mainly as

1495-459: The Magallanes and Última Esperanza provinces, in an effort led by the local Lions Club . The 2006 Days broadcast raised US$ 515,000. During March 2010, a special telethon called Chile ayuda a Chile ( Chile helps Chile ) was broadcast to raise money to help those affected by a devastating earthquake that struck the southern part of central Chile on February 27 of that year. The aim

1560-658: The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , Easter Seals , Arthritis Foundation , and the Children's Miracle Network had produced telethons on a nationwide or regional basis. Some radio stations produce annual pledge drives which are similar in format to telethons, but instead, use brief breaks between regular programs to appeal for funds. Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), a religious television network , hosts non-stop, week-long, semi-annual telethons called "Praise-a-Thons". The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN; producers of

1625-411: The film noir Tight Spot as comic relief . The oldest continuing annual telethon in the United States on the same channel is Green Bay, Wisconsin , station WBAY-TV (channel 2)'s local Cerebral Palsy telethon, which helps provide financial support for equipment for Cerebral Palsy, Inc., that began broadcasting as a 22-hour event on the first weekend of March 1954. As of 2016, WBAY has presented

1690-479: The "Best Comedy Performance by an Actress" award at the 2003 Asian Television Awards . It was also the first time she had acted in an English sitcom with a multi-camera format, though a laugh track was used. Lydia Shum was the sister of fashion designer Alfred Sung . Shum married actor and singer Adam Cheng Siu-chow in January 1985 after 11 years of cohabitation . Prior to the marriage, in December 1984 Shum

1755-494: The BBC's Children in Need . Some of these occur every year, with millions of pounds raised to support various charities. These usually include music artists, sketches, and other various segments, often with videos in between each segment or song to promote the charity that money is being raised for, usually children in either Africa or the United Kingdom. In 2012/2013, Children in Need raised £26 million and Comic Relief £75 million;

1820-580: The Board of Directors of the Trust. Money raised in each county stays in each county. In Italy, since 1990, Telethon is also held by RAI in December, and in 2006 (when the event was held from December 15–17) donors had raised €30,740,000 for research into cures for genetic diseases. By 2009, a total of €284,000,000 have been collected since 1990. The creators of the Italian version are Susanna Agnelli and

1885-570: The Italian Union for the fight against muscular dystrophy. The first nationwide telethon in the Netherlands was Open Het Dorp ("Open The Village"), which was classic in format, broadcasting for 23 hours on television and radio from 26 to 27 November 1962. Funds were raised to build and open a special village/community for disabled people. In 1984 for the first time a number of Dutch humanitarian aid organisations collaborated with

1950-577: The Mexican television network Televisa , in conjunction with other networks, both public and private (except rivals Azteca and Imagen , the latter since 2016), hold a 24-hour telethon with the purpose to raise funds to help children with disabilities. The event is organized by the "Fundación Teletón". During the transmission of the event especially in the television broadcasting many Mexican media personalities shows testimonies of children and their families who overcame their disabilities. The final act with

2015-580: The Morning on CBS Sports Network and Mike's On on Fox Sports 1 / 2 . From 2002 to 2007, the shows in question were Imus in the Morning on MSNBC and Mike and the Mad Dog on YES; Imus revived the practice of hosting radiothons on his most recent radio broadcast homes, WABC and Fox Business Network . Garden City High School in Garden City, Kansas , holds annual telethons to help fund

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2080-508: The Telethon is a concert in the Estadio Azteca with the performance of many national and international artists and singers. Because Televisa programming also airs in the United States on Univision and border city Televisa stations, some additional contributions and pledges come from American viewers. The marathon broadcast under the name Teleton by SBT was conceived by Décio Goldfarb, Clovis Scripilliti and Hebe Camargo who asked

2145-636: The Téléthon's website, or on mobile web portals, as well as through SMS messaging (and also Minitel in the past). The 2007 edition earned €96,228,136 (US$ 141,089,693) during the program and €102.3 million after final collection. In Ireland, the RTÉ People in Need Telethon was held roughly every two years in May, from 1989 to 2007, although there was no Telethon in 2003 due to Special Olympics and

2210-494: The United States was The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon , which was staged for over 21 hours each Labor Day to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association between 1966 and 2010. From 2011 to 2013 it was trimmed down to six hours, then to three, and then to two hours. From 2012 it no longer served as a telethon in the traditional sense. It was discontinued in 2014. Other prior charities such as

2275-610: The age of 13 in 1958. She made her film debut in 1960, joining Shaw Brothers as an actress at the age of 15. Shum debuted in When the Peach Blossoms Bloom , a 1960 Mandarin comedy directed by Griffin Yueh Feng. She took some time to adjust to Hong Kong as she found the local Cantonese cuisine very different from that of her native Shanghai . While she worked at Shaw Brothers, her popularity grew and she became one of

2340-596: The buildup to Christmas. The telethon lasted for three hours and was hosted by three ITV presenting duos, Ant & Dec , Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley , and Paddy McGuinness and Alesha Dixon , each duo hosting an hour each. Text Santa supported six UK charities; these were Alzheimer's Society , The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association , Marie Curie , Teenage Cancer Trust , Together for Short Lives and WellChild . Since 2012, Channel 4 has hosted Stand Up to Cancer . The inaugural telethon

2405-476: The campaigns gradually moved away from classic telethons over the years, the SHO raised some €700 million in forty nationwide efforts since it started. Starting in 2004 an annual multi-day radiothon called Serious Request is hosted by national pop music station 3FM in the week before Christmas. Three popular radio DJs are locked up for six days in a small temporary radio studio (the "Glass House"), placed in

2470-720: The cause being supported, such as interviews with charitable beneficiaries, tours of charity-supported projects, or pre-taped sequences. The equivalent term for a radio broadcast is a radiothon ; most radiothons do not include live entertainment. In the United States, the first telethon used for political outreach occurred in 1960. The highest donating telethon per capita in the world is the Channel Seven Perth Telethon in Perth , Western Australia . It has raised over AU$ 650 million since 1968, and raised $ 83.2 million in 2024. On April 9, 1949, Milton Berle hosted

2535-477: The channel's 2001 sale to The Walt Disney Company. Other religious stations and networks hold telethons as well, including West Coast Chabad Lubavitch since 1980. For a brief time in the early 1970s, beginning in 1972, the Democratic Party even held annual telethons (two were called "America Goes Public" and "Answer, America!" ) to help it erase a multi-million dollar debt (this may have provided

2600-527: The first edition in 1992. In France, since 1987, an annual Téléthon , for the muscular dystrophy charity in France (see also Decrypthon ), L'Association française contre les myopathies , is held by France 2 on the first or second weekend in December, with the support of France 3 and France 5 , and the public radio networks ( France Inter , France Info , France Bleu ). Several events are organized all around France. Donations are made by telephone or at

2665-571: The first stakeholders in the up-and-coming television broadcast station TVB . In 1967, Shum's stardom took off with the popular variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight . She first sang in the Cantopop group, the Four Golden Flowers . Later, she played a Shanghai woman in the 1970s. She also sang as the partner of Roman Tam from 1971 to 1973. By August 1972, she was sufficiently well regarded to be invited to ceremonially ride through

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2730-599: The first-ever telethon, raising $ 1,100,000 for the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation over the course of 16 hours. The first published appearance of the word "telethon" was in the prior day's newspapers. One of the first continuing annual telethons in the United States was the United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) telethon. Television executive Leonard Goldenson and his wife had a daughter with cerebral palsy , and with

2795-409: The goal went up to $ 15,215,029 and the total donation is now $ 15,313,525, a $ 98,496 increase. There are no annual national telethons in Canada, although as in the U.S., many local children's hospitals operate regional telethons in collaboration with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in early June. In addition, due to the proliferation of cable television piping in signals from the United States,

2860-557: The government of Norway on behalf of the Norwegian people. Since the start of the invasion in the prelude to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, most Ukrainian television channels switched over to the signal of Rada TV . The channel was made state-owned at the end of 2021. Following February 26, 2022, the four biggest broadcasters including the TV channels 1+1 , 2+2 , 24 Kanal , and TRC Ukraina began broadcasting

2925-493: The growth of Hong Kong's entertainment industry. This article on a Hong Kong band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lydia Shum Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Tin Ha Sum ( Chinese : 沈殿霞 ; 21 July 1945 – 19 February 2008) was a Hong Kong-Canadian comedian, MC , actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark-rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she

2990-474: The help of other affected parents, launched the UCP Telethon in 1950, with early television personality Dennis James as host. He continued to host New York-based segments on the telethon through the 1980s. The telethon is now defunct, as UCP raises funds through other means, including its website. By 1955 televised telethons had become a familiar enough part of American culture to be parodied that year in

3055-422: The inspiration for the 1979 comedy film Americathon , where a telethon is held to prevent national bankruptcy ). The telethon idea was created and promoted by John Y. Brown, Jr. , the businessman who built Kentucky Fried Chicken into a worldwide chain and later became Governor of Kentucky . Local telethons, once a common fixture in nearly every major city in the United States, are now rare but still found in

3120-645: The locally based Cerebral Palsy Center); and Erie, Pennsylvania (the Community for Kanzius Telethon on WICU and WSEE for the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation). New York City also features a telethon of sorts; the WFAN Radiothon , by virtue of its two drive time shows being simulcast on cable television , has portions covered on television. Since 2010, this has included the portion covering Boomer and Carton in

3185-477: The long-running syndicated program The 700 Club ) stages a modified form of a telethon thrice yearly, which runs for approximately one week but is shown for only an hour or so each day. In its early days, CBN's telethons were of the more traditional round-the-clock form; this format ended when the Pat Robertson -founded ministry sold The Family Channel (now Freeform ), which no longer gave it access to

3250-539: The next day. It was designed to show viewers a stark divide between them and the people surviving this catastrophic event. Melbourne's Good Friday Appeal , which began in 1931, started its telethon in 1957 after the Seven Network joined as a sponsor. Adelaide's first telethon was held at the Tynte Street, North Adelaide, studios of NWS9 in December 1960. One fundraiser was Barry Jones , then famous as

3315-658: The operating room to remove a liver tumor which weighed 2.7 kg. On 8 March 2007, the tumor was found to be growing so she had another surgery. On 1 November 2006, a 24-year-old Indonesian domestic helper , Triyuliarti Yuyun, was convicted of violating the Hospital Authority Ordinance and sentenced to four weeks in jail. Yuyun entered a ward at the Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) on 1 October 2006 where Shum had been receiving treatment, and attempted to take photographs of Shum. Later, it

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3380-429: The owner of SBT, Silvio Santos , to broadcast the program. The collections are passed on to "Associação de Assistência à Criança Deficiente" (AACD) – Portuguese for Association for Assistance to Disabled Children. The first edition was held between 17 and 18 May 1998, and since then, 14 rehabilitation centers, a home school and a hospital for rehabilitation operations and exams are created. Another rehabilitation center

3445-424: The school's broadcasting, debate and forensics teams. On December 14, 2012, Univision introduced the first ever Spanish-language telethon in the United States, Teletón USA , which is hosted by longtime Sábado Gigante host Mario Kreutzberger, known by his stage name Don Francisco . The total donation in the first edition was $ 8,150,625, 16.44% more than the intended goal of $ 7,000,000. For its 2013 edition,

3510-822: The sponsorship/volunteering needed, and it was moved to October 26 in 2007. During the 2004 telethon, over 4,000 fundraising events were organised by people nationwide, and proceeds were subsequently distributed to almost 760 projects in the 26 counties. Since its inception, over €35 million has been raised by the People in Need through the RTÉ People in Need Telethon, supporting a wide variety of charitable organizations nationwide. Eight telethons have been held to date and over €35 million has been distributed in grants, ranging from €150 to €50,000, to thousands of organisations throughout Ireland. Grant applications are assessed by advisory committees in each region before final approval by

3575-607: The telethon for 62 years. Close behind the Green Bay telethon in longevity is the WHAS Crusade for Children in Louisville, Kentucky , which began in October 1954 on WHAS-TV (channel 11) and WHAS radio (840 AM). It is still broadcast on the two WHAS stations despite their being owned by different entities for three decades, and has expanded to radio and TV stations in other parts of Kentucky and Indiana , as well as

3640-409: The treatment for her illness, she underwent chemotherapy and several rounds of kidney dialysis treatment. On 24 February 2008, escorted by her daughter Joyce, Shum's body was flown on a Cathay Pacific passenger flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada. On 27 February, Shum was buried at Burnaby 's Forest Lawn Memorial Park in a private ceremony. Video footage of the funeral

3705-589: Was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei ( Chinese : 肥肥 , lit. "Fat Fat" or "Fatty") or Fei Jie ( Chinese : 肥姐 lit. "Fat Sister"). Shum was born on 21 July 1945 in Baoshan, Shanghai to Shum Yin Gee ( Chinese : 沈賢祺 ; 1913–1978, with his ancestral home in Shanpei, Ningbo ) and Shum Yao Tam Suh ( Chinese : 沈邱淡素 ; 1913–2008). Shum entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry at

3770-504: Was asked by her good friend Lee Heung Kam to fly to San Francisco for the opening ceremony of Lee's shop. Shum, who was in Taiwan with Cheng at the time, was reluctant to do so initially, but three days later, Shum left for San Francisco. When she returned to Taiwan, she heard rumors that Cheng was having an affair. Upon being asked about this, Cheng denied having a relationship with another woman and suggested marriage. Shum believed that

3835-480: Was confirmed that Yuyun was working for an employee of the local magazine East Week , but she had not been authorised to take photographs of Shum. Senior management of East Week did not approve of the action and offered an apology to Shum. Magistrate Colin Mackintosh determined that Yuyun's actions were premeditated and done for financial gain, and that the serious infringement of the patient's privacy warranted

3900-412: Was diagnosed with a liver tumor and cancer around the gallbladder . Doctors immediately removed one third of her liver. Prior to a cholecystectomy done in 2002, she had bile duct inflammation in 1978 and again in 1989. On 22 September 2006, the inflammation recurred. Four days later, it had complicated her liver and she went into a coma until 1 October. Once again, on 29 January 2007, she entered

3965-402: Was in construction but the same was canceled due to the financial crisis Brazil had been suffering since 2015, also two rehabilitation centers have closed and another three were municipalized, making the total of centers down to nine. The edition of 2019 was held on 25 and 26 October. It had a goal of R$ 30 million, and raised R$ 32 450 054 (US$ 8,106,231) after almost 26 hours of broadcast, making

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4030-460: Was in hospital. She was once again admitted to the intensive care ward of QMH on 2 February 2008, where her condition worsened. On 19 February, at 3 am, her family decided that Shum's life support should be withdrawn. It was decided that her breathing apparatus would be removed and that her family spend time with her by her bedside. Shum died at 8:38 a.m. local time that day. Prior to her death, she had liver cancer for two years. As part of

4095-487: Was not wearing a wedding gown for her wedding. On 30 May 1987, Joyce Cheng Yan-Yee was born to Shum and Adam Cheng. Eight months after their daughter was born, Cheng and Shum divorced. Shum had several serious chronic ailments: cholangitis , diabetes , and hypertension . In 2002, she was admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital (QMH) in Hong Kong and had 36 gallstones extracted. In September 2006, Shum

4160-672: Was played at a memorial event at the Hong Kong Coliseum on 2 March. Fei-fei Day was proclaimed in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, for 1 June 2008 (Shum's Chinese lunar calendar birthday). Mayor Sam Sullivan proclaimed this memorial day in Vancouver on 26 February 2008, a week after Shum's death. On 21 July 2022 she is featured as a Google Doodle . This is a partial list of films. Telethon A telethon (a portmanteau of " television " and " marathon ")

4225-537: Was to raise $ 15,000,000,000 Chilean Pesos for the construction of 30 thousand emergency homes in the disaster area. In the end, that amount tripled, having been gathered over 46 billion Chilean pesos ($ 90 million), the biggest amount of money collected from a Telethon in history. Since 1987, all television networks in Honduras hold a 27-hour telethon every December to raise funds to help children with disabilities in support of "Fundación Teleton" (Telethon Foundation),

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