CoCo Lee attempted suicide on Sunday and later passed away. It was a 48-year-old woman.
The older sisters of the singer-songwriter, Carol and Nancy Lee, who was born in Hong Kong, shared the sad news on social media on Wednesday, revealing that she had passed away earlier in the day. They said CoCo had been dealing with depression for a number of years in a statement shared on Facebook and Instagram.
CoCo had been dealing with depression for a while, but over the past few months, things got much worse for her. “With great sadness, we are here [to] break the most devastating news,” the sisters wrote. “Despite CoCo’s efforts to fight depression and professional assistance, the demon inside of her ultimately won. “.
She made an at-home suicide attempt on July 2 and was taken to the hospital, they continued. She finally passed away on July 5 despite the hospital staff’s best efforts to revive and treat her while she was still in a coma. “.
CoCo, a well-known pop star in Asia, experienced career highs in the 1990s and early 2000s. According to Reuters, she joined Sony Music Entertainment in 1996, and her debut album CoCo Lee quickly rose to the top of the charts in Asia for that year. She began her career as a Mandopop singer and later released albums in Cantonese and English. She charted with her song “Do You Want My Love” in the U.
S.
In 1999, she released Just No Other Way, her debut English album, and it quickly rose up the music charts.
In 2001, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the moving song “A Love Before Time” from the critically acclaimed movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The song was live-performed by her at the ceremony that year.
Notably, the pop star also sang the Mandarin version of the movie Mulan’s theme song, “Reflection,” and provided the voice of Mulan, the female warrior, in the Mandarin version of Disney’s Mulan. She made three movie appearances, including Lee Xin’s Master of Everything and No Tobacco.
CoCo was married to former Li and Fung CEO and Canadian businessman Bruce Rockowitz. Despite not having biological children of her own, she was the stepmother to her husband’s two daughters.
CoCo’s sisters wrote on Instagram that her singing career will have been active for 30 years in 2023.
“CoCo is also known to have worked tirelessly to open up a new world for Chinese singers in the international music scene, and she went all out to shine for the Chinese,” they said.
“As the CoCo family, we are incredibly appreciative and proud to have such a wonderful and exceptional sister. We are grateful to God for sending us such a loving angel. “.
Carol and Nancy thanked the medical professionals who have been caring for their sister over the past few days and urged followers to be positive in the world in CoCo’s memory.
They wrote, “We hope that everyone will not only miss CoCo, but also share her bright smile, treat others with sincerity, and convey kindness and love to everyone around us, continuing CoCo’s wish to let everyone around feel her love and happiness.
The sisters concluded their message with, “CoCo’s rays of light will last forever, even though she is only in the world for a brief period of time.
