Roman Tam Pak-sin, known professionally by his stage name Law Man, was a Hong Kong singer.
11 Facts About Roman Tam
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Roman Tam is regarded as the "Grand Godfather of Cantopop".
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Roman Tam later emigrated to Hong Kong in 1962 at the age of 17 because his mother fell ill and was only able to get better medical treatment in Hong Kong.
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Roman Tam was poor and was only able to sleep with a sleeping bag and a radio on the floor of a banking building.
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Roman Tam briefly switched to Asia Television in the early 1990s.
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Roman Tam had sung many well-known solos and duets for various TV series including Below the Lion Rock, and the famous 1983 TVB TV series The Legend of the Condor Heroes main theme duet with Jenny Tseng.
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Roman Tam was known for bending and breaking gender norms, with a "flamboyant" on-stage persona.
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Roman Tam was the first Hong Kong pop star to perform in drag and was featured in a magazine while posing in the nude.
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Roman Tam never married and maintained a high degree of privacy in his personal life.
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Roman Tam officially retired in 1996, but continued to perform occasionally with other artists.
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On 19 October 2002, Roman Tam died in Hong Kong at Queen Mary Hospital from liver cancer at the age of 57.