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Born in 1955 and raised in a family of celebrities, Rahimah Rahim became a child star at the age of 6. Although she won the prestigious Kimi Koso ...

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Rahimah Rahim, Singer

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Born in 1955 and raised in a family of celebrities, Rahimah Rahim became a child star at the age of 6. Although she won the prestigious Kimi Koso Talentime in Japan in 1974, she had to reject the recording contract that came with it. She describes how she met her first husband, national footballer Mohammad Noh Hussein, and explains why she has not had a Hollywood ending despite releasing a dozen albums. 

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