Shone An (; 20 September 1983 – 1 June 2015) was a Taiwanese singer, actor and television host.

Early life

On 20 September 1983, An was born in East District, Tainan. He was the only child in his family. His birth name was Huang Yi-cheng (黃益承). During his childhood, he was primarily raised by his grandparents. His father is a businessman and politician. An graduated from

Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private education, private Catholic university in Xinzhuang District, Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and ...

with a degree in philosophy.

Career

From 2001 to 2005, he was a member of the

mandopop Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop ...

boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their Teenage, teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands ...

Comic Boyz. He also appeared in many movie, television and theatre productions such as ''Case Sensitive'' (2011), ''Rhapsody of Marriage'' (2012) and ''Turn Around'' (2014). He was also a guest host on '' 100% Entertainment''. Shone was close friends with Ady An and Joe Chen.

Death

On 1 June 2015, Shone An died of

liver cancer Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary in which the cancer starts in the liver, or it can be liver metastasis, or secondar ...

at home, in Tainan, aged 31. His funeral was held a week later on 8 June 2015 and attended by fellow Comic Boyz members Kingone Wang and Peter Chang.

References

1983 births 2015 deaths Taiwanese male singers Taiwanese Mandopop singers Taiwanese male film actors Taiwanese male television actors Taiwanese male stage actors Fu Jen Catholic University alumni Deaths from liver cancer in Taiwan Musicians from Tainan Male actors from Tainan People from East District {{Taiwan-actor-stub