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Chan Poh Lin (9 July 1943 – 6 June 2016), better known as Theresa Poh Lin Chan, was a Singaporean writer and teacher. Born in Singapore, she was known in her youth as "the Helen Keller of Southeast Asia", as, like Keller, Chan was a highly accomplished deaf and blind person.
Jun 7, 2016 · Ms Theresa Chan Poh Lin, who lost her sight and hearing after a bout of meningitis in her teens, died at Assisi Hospice on Monday (June 6) morning after battling advanced lung cancer. She was...
Sep 29, 2006 · Theresa Chan Poh Lin was 12 when meningitis took her hearing. Two years later she lost her sight. The daughter of a hawker and a waitress, she grew up in poverty in Chinatown.
Theresa Chan Poh Lin, one of Perkins School for the Blind’s most famous and inspirational students, passed away June 6 after a battle with cancer. Born in Singapore, Chan lost her sight and vision to meningitis at age 14.
Apr 24, 2016 · Now, Ms Theresa Chan Poh Lin, Singapore's Helen Keller, is battling another foe - cancer. The 72-year-old, whose amazing life inspired film-maker Eric Khoo's award-winning movie Be With Me, was...
8 March 2017 – Dubbed the ‘Helen Keller of Southeast Asia’, Theresa Chan Poh Lin won the hearts of many in the 1960s and 1970s with her cheerful optimism and determination to not be handicapped by her deafness and blindness. She was almost illiterate when, as a teenager, she got the chance to go to the School for the Blind in Singapore.
Jun 8, 2016 · Theresa Chan Poh Lin, Singapore's Helen Keller, has died at the age of 72 after battling advanced lung cancer, The Straits Times reported. She succumbed to the disease yesterday...
