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Wong died of lung cancer at the age of 64 in 2004. Image:AppleDailyFrontPageWongJimDeath_041124.jpg|thumb|Wong's death was the headline of newspapers in Hong Kong (Apple Daily). Wong was born in Guangzhou, China and migrated to Hong Kong with his family in 1949. He completed his secondary education in La Salle College. In 1963, he graduated from Chinese Department, Faculty of Arts of the University of Hong Kong. Wong obtained the degree of Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong in 1983 for his study in Cantonese opera. In May 2003, in the midst of his fight with lung cancer, he completed his doctorate study at the Department of Social Science, University of Hong Kong. The title of his thesis was "Hong Kong Popular Music (1949-1997)". Wong had participated in a variety of media fields including advertisement, movie and music. He was best known for his achievements as a lyricist of Cantonese songs in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2000 songs, collaborating with Gu Gaa-fai on many popular TVB TV drama theme songs, many of which have become classics of the genre. His works had pushed the development of Cantopop to unprecedented popularity. At the same time of being well known and praised for his creative works in the entertainment and advertisement fields, Wong was also famous for his vulgar and indelicate image. He had a a series of best-seller books on adult-oriented jokes. He was regarded as the one breaking the cultural barrier to taboos in Hong Kong during the conservative environment in 1970s. Wong hosted several TV programs, mostly interviews or talk shows oriented towards adults, on both TVB and Asia Television Ltd|ATV. One of the talk shows called "Off-guard Tonight" (???????????????), co-hosted by Wong and his close friends Chua Lam and Ni Kuang on ATV, is particularly remembered. The lyrics of "Under The Lion Rock" a collaboration with composer Gu Gaa-fai|Joseph Koo, was elevated into one of his most important works by being quoted by the former Financial Secretary, Antony Leung, at the end of his 2002-03 Budget Speech to encourage Hong Kong people during the economic difficulties at the time.
Wong received numerous awards for his works. - Music Awards
- Film Awards
Category:Hong Kong people|Wong, James Category:Songwriters|Wong, James Category:1941 births|Wong, James Category:2004 deaths|Wong, James Category:Deaths by lung cancer|Wong, James zh:黃霑 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Wong Jim".
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