Liễm was born on April 10th, 1945. Liễm's father was Lê and his mother was Ngọc Phạm thị. His paternal grandparents were Huệ and Khuyến Nguyễn. He had a brother and four sisters, named Lãnh, Liễu, Lĩnh-Hồng, Lẫm and Lương. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Liêu, Lôi, Lung and La. He died due to giỗ 2/3 âm lịch at the age of 54 on April 17th, 1999.