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Singer Y Jang Tuyn dies of COVID-19

 

Singer Y Jang Tuyn dies of COVID-19
Famous vocalist Y Jang Tuyn — Photo courtesy of Y Jang Tuyn

HCM CITY — Singer Y Jang Tuyn, 42 years old, famous vocalist from the Bana ethnic group passed away this morning after a month of COVID-19 treatment.

The singer's nephew Thảo An shared, the family is waiting for the cremation procedure to receive his ashes.

Tuyn had a history of high blood pressure, treated COVID-19 at the field hospital No 13 in mid-August, then transferred to Chợ Rẫy hospital on September. In the first two weeks, he was in good health, can communicate with people via text messages. However, the situation worsened, he had to breathe with an ECMO machine.

Before testing positive for COVID-19, the male singer celebrated his birthday through a livestream. Y Jang Tuyn sang for the fans for three hours straight and encouraged everyone to be optimistic and love each other to overcome the difficulties of the epidemic.

Y Jang Tuyn was born in 1979. He represents the class of modern Central Highlands singers who want to break through the familiar path by choosing diverse music genres.

In 2016, he released the album One Week Seven Days, which includes songs of various genres such as pop ballad, dance, funky and latin.

The Central Highlands singer won the third prize of Sao Mai contest in 2001, the third prize of Television Singing contest in 2003. He is a member of the Viet Nam Musicians Association, Viet Nam Journalists’ Association, Hồ Chí Minh City Music Association, and is currently a music editor of The Voice of Hồ Chí Minh City People.

He released many albums such as Nẻo que (2005), Thirsty (2006), Nostalgia for the Plateau (2013), We Marines (2013), Hoan ca mua xuan (2015), Homeland paintings (2015).  

Previously, many Vietnamese artists also died of COVID-19 and left endless grief for audiences across the country such as Cải Lương artist Bạch Mai, singer Le Thu, painter Le Thanh Thư, Rocker Trung Thanh Sago, Cải Lương artist Kim Phượng, singer Phi Hải, Meritorious Artist Khải Hoan. — VNS

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