Who was CoCo Lee?
CoCo Lee was a Chinese-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.
In 1998, she was hired to sing the song Reflection for the Disney adaptation of the Chinese folktale Mulan.
The success of the movie and the song helped her reach international fame.
She went on to sell tens of millions of Chinese and English albums.
On July 5, 2023, it was revealed that Coco had died at the age of 48 after taking her own life at home, her family announced.
Her sisters broke the tragic news on social media and said that she had a long battle with depression in recent years.
“With great sadness, we are here 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,” her elder sisters Carol and Nancy Lee wrote on Instagram.
“Although CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her.”
They added: “Despite the best efforts of the hospital team to rescue and treat her from her coma, she finally passed away on July 5, 2023.”
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