Khanh Ly

About

Popular singer in the 1960s who has performed numerous songs written by composer Trinh Cong Son.

Before Fame

She won a Saigon radio contest for children at age fourteen; by seventeen, she was appearing professionally in clubs around South Vietnam.

Trivia

In the 1970s, she teamed up with numerous production companies including Phạm Mạnh Cương Program, Trường Sơn Centre, Sơn Ca Productions, and Hoạ Mi.

Family Life

She was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. She married Minh Di and had two children with him. She later married Mai Ba Trac; they had one daughter together. In 1975, she married a third time to journalist Nguyen Hoang Doan.

Associated With

A devout Catholic, she was honored to personally meet Pope John Paul II, in a ceremony honoring Vietnamese martyrs for Catholicism.