Date of Birth
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24-August-1956
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Place of Birth
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Singapore
(Asia, Southeast Asia, Eurasia)
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Nationality
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Singapore
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Also know as
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æŽç‚³æ–‡, Richard Dick Lee Peng Boon, Lee, Dick, æŽç‚³æ–‡, Lee, Ping Man
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Profession
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Singer, Playwright, Composer, Songwriter
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Richard "Dick" Lee Peng Boon is a Singaporean pop singer, composer, songwriter, and playwright. He is best known as a Singapore Idol judge, but often too as spokesperson for the New Asian generation.
He was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, and a Chinese mother, Elizabeth Tan. He was the eldest child in the family of five, with three brothers and a deceased sister. He received his early education at St. Michael's School and his secondary education at St. Joseph's Institution. In 1992, he married jazz singer Jacintha Abisheganaden and divorced a few years later. He is a Roman Catholic.
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