Khine Htoo ( my, ခိုင်ထူး; also spelt Khaing Htoo, 28 January 1956 – 9 August 2017) was a prominent Burmese singer, known for numerous
hit song
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s, including "Sagaing Road" (), "Khitta" (), "The Last Dream" (), and "Inzali" ().
Early life and education
Khine Htoo was born on 28 January 1956, in Rangoon, Burma, to Tha Hto, a professor at the
Yangon University of Economics
The Yangon University of Economics (formerly the Institute of Economics, Yangon; my, ရန်ကုန် စီးပွားရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ) is the finest university of economics and business in Myanmar. Founded as t ...
, and his wife, Tin Myint Myint. He was the second eldest of three children.
Khine Htoo was first married to May Kyaw Khaing, a physician. The two separated following the
8888 Uprising
The 8888 Uprising ( my, ၈၈၈၈ အရေးအခင်း), also known as the People Power UprisingYawnghwe (1995), pp. 170 and the 1988 Uprising, was a series of nationwide protests, marches, and riots in Burma (present-day Myanmar) th ...
, when his wife, involved in political activities, fled to the Thai-Burmese border. Following that, he wed Mi Gai(T Hawng Naw), an ethnic
Kachin. The two have a son, Gum San Laphai(Seng Lin Htoo).His third marriage was with Saw Nwe Nwe Htun.At that time of his death, left by his only son,Gum San Lahpai(Seng Lin Htoo),who now lives in Sweden.
Death
On 31 July 2017, Khine Htoo was admitted to
Yangon General Hospital
The Yangon General Hospital (YGH, my, ရန်ကုန် ပြည်သူ့ ဆေးရုံကြီး) is a major public hospital in a compound in Yangon, Myanmar. The 2,000-bed hospital consists of seven medical wards, three surgical ...
for hematemesis, and also showed symptoms of
jaundice
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. HIs condition did not improve, so he was flown to Samitivej Hospital in
Bangkok
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for further treatment.
There, he was diagnosed with an advanced form of pancreatic cancer.
Khine Htoo was flown back to Yangon on 8 August, and died of
pancreatic cancer
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at the Parami Hospital in Yangon, Myanmar on 9 August 2017, around 3:24 pm.
Discography
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See also
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Music of Myanmar
The music of Myanmar (or Burma) ( my, မြန်မာ့ဂီတ) shares many similarities with other musical styles in the region. Traditional music is melodic, having its own unique form of harmony, often composed with a (''na-yi-se''), ...
References
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1956 births
2017 deaths
21st-century Burmese male singers
20th-century Burmese male singers
Burmese pop singers