Frankie Kao
Frankie Kao Ling-feng | |||||||||||
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Kao in 2012 | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1950 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, Taiwan | ||||||||||
| Died | 17 February 2014 (aged 63) New Taipei City, Taiwan | ||||||||||
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| Years active | 1974–1989, 2004–2014 | ||||||||||
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| Children | 6, including Christine Ko | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 高凌風 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 高凌风 | ||||||||||
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| Also known as | The Frog Prince | ||||||||||
| Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||
Ko Yuan-cheng (28 February 1950 – 17 February 2014), better known by his stage names Frankie Kao and Kao Ling-feng, was a Taiwanese singer, television presenter, and actor born to Vietnamese parents of Chinese descent. His birth name was 葛元誠 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kat Goân-sêng; pinyin: Gé Yuánchéng), and he employed the moniker the Frog Prince (青蛙王子; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chheng-oa Ông-chú; pinyin: Qīngwā Wángzǐ), which was given to him by his close friend, comedian Ni Min-jan..
Kao died of leukemia on 17 February 2014, at the age of 63.