Jiang Ying | |||||||
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蒋英 | |||||||
![]() Jiang Ying in 1955 | |||||||
Born | 蔣英 August 11, 1919 | ||||||
Died | February 5, 2012 | (aged 92)||||||
Occupation | Singer | ||||||
Spouse | |||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 蔣英 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 蒋英 | ||||||
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Jiang Ying (simplified Chinese: 蒋英; traditional Chinese: 蔣英; August 11, 1919 – February 5, 2012) was a Chinese opera singer and music teacher. She was the wife of Chinese rocket scientist Qian Xuesen, to whom she was married from 1947 until 2009 (his death).[1]