Hong Kong’s famous singer Coco Lee passed away
Hong Kong’s famous singer and songwriter Coco Lee has passed away. At the age of 48, he said goodbye to this world. According to a Facebook post by Coco Lee’s sisters, the singer died after attempting suicide.
Coco Li sang the Mandarin version of the 1998 Disney film Mulan’s theme song Reflection and became the first Chinese American to perform at the Oscars, best original song-nominated ‘A Love’ from Ang Lee’s ‘Crouching Tiger,’ ‘Hidden Dragon’ Sung ‘Before Time’. Lee’s sisters Carol and Nancy also said he had been in a coma since attempting suicide over the weekend. The Facebook post said, “Coco had been suffering from depression for a few years, but her condition worsened in the last few months.”
Although Coco sought professional help and tried her best to fight the depression, sadly, she was unable to overcome the depression. The sisters said she attempted suicide at home on July 2 and was taken to a hospital, where she remained in a coma until her death. Lee was born in Hong Kong in 1975. She then moved to the United States, where she attended middle school and high school. Prior to this she started a highly successful career as a pop singer in Asia. Initially a Mando-pop singer.
He also released albums in Cantonese and in English during his 30-year career. She was the first Chinese singer to be signed by Sony Music globally and voiced the heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of Disney’s Mulan. Also sang the Mandarin version of the theme song, Reflection.