Beloved Hong Kong singer Coco Lee Dies at age 48

Hong Kong singer-songwriter Coco Lee died Wednesday after trying to take her own life at the weekend, according to a Facebook post by her sisters.

Lee sang the Mandarin version of the theme song “Reflection” from 1998 Disney movie Mulan, and also became the first Chinese American to perform at the Oscars, singing the Best Original Song-nominated “A Love Before Time” from Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. 

Lee’s sisters, Carol and Nancy, said she had been in a coma since making the suicide attempt over the weekend. “With great sadness, we are here to break the most devastating news: Coco had been suffering from depression for a few years but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months,” the Facebook post stated. 

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Lee had been suffering from depression for a few years, older sisters Carol and Nancy wrote in a Facebook post.

She tried to take her own life at home on Sunday and was taken to hospital, where she died on Wednesday, they wrote.

Lee broke into the Mandopop scene in 1994 with two Mandarin albums. Within the next year, she released an English-language album as well as a third Mandarin album.

"Not only did she bring us joy with her songs and dances in the past 29 years, she also worked hard to break new ground for Chinese singers in the international music scene and has been doing her utmost to shine for the Chinese," Lee's sisters wrote.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the U.S., Lee began her singing career in the 1990s and went on to release more than 15 studio albums over the next 30 years. She also voiced the title character in the Mandarin version of the 1998 Disney animated classic Mulan, for which she also performed the heroine's song "Reflection." Lee also served as a judge on several Chinese and Taiwanese singing competition series, including Chinese Idol, World's Got Talent, and Super Idol. In 2015, she competed on the Chinese version of the popular singing program I Am a Singer and won. Although her final album, titled Illuminate (盛開), was released in 2013, Lee continued to tour and release new music throughout the past decade.

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Sarah H

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