Hong Kong-American singer Coco Lee, the only Chinese artist to have performed at the Oscars ceremony, He died Wednesday in a Hong Kong hospital at the age of 48. cause of injuries that he inflicted three days earlier in an attempt to take his own lifehis family reported. Lee had participated with her voice in movies like ‘Mulan’.
Lee’s sisters Carol and Nancy, announced through posts on social media Instagram and Facebook that the interpreter suffered from depression for several years, tried to commit suicide last Sunday and had remained in a coma since then.
“It is with great sadness that we come to share the most devastating of news: Coco has suffered from depression for a few years but her condition has deteriorated drastically in recent months,” reads the publication, which adds that although the artist sought professional help and fought against the disease, “that inner demon got the best of her.” .
Lee’s family also highlighted the singer’s “untiring” work to “open up new horizons for Chinese singers.” on the international music scene” and his effort to “shine for all Chinese”.
Lee was the first Chinese artist to sign a worldwide contract with the giant Sony Music and also the first and so far only representative of her ethnic group to have performed at the Oscars ceremony, where in 2000 he sang the song ‘A Love Before Time’ belonging to the film ‘Tiger and Dragon’, by Ang Lee.
The death of Coco Lee has caused shock in both Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan, where the networks were filled with comments from Internet users who expressed their sadness and they remembered his long and successful career.
The interpreter was born in Hong Kong in 1975, moved with her family to San Francisco (United States) at the age of nine and returned in 1993 to participate in a television talent contest in which he was a finalist, which earned him his first record deal.
He achieved his first regional success in 1994 with the release in Taiwan of a Chinese album called ‘Love From Now On’, and in 1999 he published his first work in English, ‘Just No Other Way’.
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Throughout her career, Coco Lee, who also participated as an actress in three films, published more than fifteen records that sold tens of millions of copies and his single ‘Do You Want My Love’ reached fourth place on the US Billboard in December 1999.
Among the artists who influenced her style, the singer mentioned Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Madonna and Mariah Carey, with some of whom he came to share the stage.