Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing was born the youngest of 10 children of a Hong Kong tailor-he made suits for William Holden and Alfred Hitchcock-and his wife. "I didn't have a happy childhood. Arguments, fights and we didn't live together; I was brought up by my granny." His nearest sibling was eight years older; Leslie says he was "the youngest and loneliest. My brothers would be dating girls and Iwas left alone in the corner, playing GI joe or with my Barbie doll. it was miserable. My father couldn't control his emotions, with me or my mother. I used to think, And this is what they call marriage."

on to TIME ASIA - Forever Leslie