Kuo Chin-fa explained

Kuo Chin-fa 郭金發
Birth Date:	1944 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Daitōtei, Taihoku City, Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Datong, Taipei, Taiwan)
Death Place:	Lingya, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Occupation:	Singer, songwriter
Years Active:	1959–2016
Module2:	Embed: yes Origin: Taiwan Genre: Hokkien pop Instrument: vocals

Kuo Chin-fa (; 1 March 1944 – 8 October 2016) was a Taiwanese singer.

Born in 1944, Kuo entered a singing completion at the age of 15, and two years later, began working on his first album with .^[1] His best-known work, a rerecording of the song "Hot Rice Dumpling," was released in 1959. Shortly after the original was released in 1949, the Kuomintang had begun censorship of Taiwanese Hokkien, limiting Hokkien pop on the airwaves, and banning performances of "Hot Rice Dumpling."^{[2] [3]} Kuo's popularity rose during the 1960s,^{[4] [5]} and lasted throughout his career, which spanned over 100 albums. The Chinese Taipei national baseball team used "Hot Rice Dumpling" as its theme song at the 2006 Asian Games.^[3]

While performing in Fengshan, Kaohsiung on 8 October 2016,^[3] Kuo collapsed on stage and was taken to Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital, where he was declared dead.^[1] The next day, the Kaohsiung District Prosecutors' Office announced that Kuo had died of cardiorespiratory failure.^[6]

Notes and References

1. News: Tsai. Ching-hua. Hung. Ting-hung. Chung. Jake. Singer Kuo Chin-fa dies after collapsing during concert. 9 October 2016. Taipei Times. 9 October 2016.
2. News: Tsai. Wen-ting. Glenn. David. Smith. Mayer. Taiwanese Pop Will Never Die. 9 October 2016. Taiwan Panorama. May 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20150503002155/http://www.taiwanpanorama.com.tw/en/show_issue.php?id=200259105006E.TXT. 3 May 2015. dead. Cited in: Ho. Wai-Chung. Music and cultural politics in Taiwan. International Journal of Cultural Studies. December 2007. 10. 4. 463–483. 10.1177/1367877907083080. 10.1.1.1025.5929. 144602597 . and Ho. Wai-Chung. The production and reproduction of Chinese and Taiwanese identities in Taiwan's popular songs. Social History. 18 November 2015. 40. 4. 518–537. 10.1080/03071022.2015.1076125. 146191731 .
3. News: Wu. Lilian. Taiwanese singing king Kuo Ching-fa dies. 9 October 2016. Central News Agency. 8 October 2016.
4. News: Events and entertainment listings. 9 October 2016. Taipei Times. 25 November 2011.
5. News: Shih. Hsiu-chuan. Taiwan should seek neutrality: activists. 9 October 2016. Taipei Times. 16 February 2014.
6. News: Chen. Chao-fu. Wen. Kui-hsiang. Chang. Jung-hsiang. Hsu. Elizabeth. Death of Taiwanese singer caused by cardiorespiratory failure. 9 October 2016. Central News Agency. 9 October 2016.