Thursday, October 15, 2009

60s-era singer Touch Saly passed away

Thursday, October 15, 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Touch Saly, a singer from the 60s known for the song “Pheakdey Sneh” (Devoted love) passed away at 64-year-old from a disease on 13 October 2009 in Vietnam. In the morning of 14 October, his family returned his remain back to Phnom Penh where the funeral will take place in Wat Svay Dangkum Pagoda (aka Wat Mongkolvoan) located in Monorom commune, 7 Makara district, south of TV3 station office. Mrs. Pon Sovannay, the wife of Mr. Touch Saly, indicated that due to diabetes, her husband’s liver and stomach were affected. However, medical care seems to improve his situation until 2 months earlier when he took turn to the worst. The remain of Mr. Touch Saly will be on display at Wat Svay Dangkum until 17 October, and he will be buried in Tbong village, Koh Choram commune, Ksach Kandal district, Kandal province. Mr. Touch Saly was born in commune No. 6 in Phnom Penh. He is survived by 9 children from his first marriage to Mrs. Ouch Huon who also passed away. Currently, Mr. Touch Saly is a personal aid to Hun Xen and he is also a founding member of the Khmer Artists Association presided by Minh Sothivan.
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KI-Media Note: If any of our readers have a picture of Mr. Touch Saly or can share his songs, please let us know at kiletters@gmail.com. Thank you!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah kwack Hun Sen called ah youn viet.cong doctor and begged ah youn doctor to kill this poor Khmer man....may your soul lives forever and please come back to haunt ah kwack Hun sen.

Anonymous said...

my condolences to mr touch saly and his family.