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This year has, unfortunately, been filled with a slew of heartbreaking celebrity deaths. In October, "Friends" fans were shocked by the sudden death of Matthew Perry at age 54. Actors Richard Roundtree, Suzanne Somers, and Piper Laurie also died, as did musician Rudolph Isley.

In September, "Harry Potter" star Michael Gambon, "NCIS" actor David McCallum, musicians Steve Harwell and Jimmy Buffett, and 702 singer Irish Grinstead all died. In August, actor Arleen Sorkin, "The Price is Right" host Bob Barker, "This Is Us" actor Ron Cephas Jones, and musician DJ Casper, the man behind the 1998 party hit "Cha Cha Slide," died as well. The month before, we lost actors Angus Cloud and Paul Reubens, famed singers Tony Bennett, Sinéad O'Connor, and Jane Birkin, and musician Coco Lee. News of their deaths followed that of beloved actor Alan Arkin, who died on June 30. Also in June, reality star Anna Shay and "Everwood" actor Treat Williams died,...

Hong Kong and international music lovers mourn the loss of a talented musician known for her impressive range and bright personality. On July 5th, 2023, renowned singer, dancer, and songwriter Coco Lee died at 48 following a long battle with depression. Her funeral service was held and met with tributes from mourning family, friends, and fans. In an article on CNN's website, writer Lau highlights comments from her sister Nancy Lee expressing her appreciation for the outpour of condolences: “Thanking guests for their support, Lee's older sister, Nancy, quoted the star. “My sister would often say this in her concert: ‘You could have chosen to go anywhere but today you chose to come here to be with me,'” Nancy Lee said during the memorial service, which was streamed online. “For that I thank you all,” she added, reminding visitors of the singer's “infectious smile and her kind heart.” A video tribute...

Michelle Yeoh is emotionally paying tribute to singer CoCo Lee after her sudden death.

Lee, who also voiced Mulan in the Mandarin version of Disney’s animated film, passed away at 48 after an attempted suicide due to depression.

Yeoh, 60, shared throwback photos on Instagram, expressing her deep sadness and highhlighting Lee’s achievements, including being the first Chinese performer at the Oscars and her nominated song from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.”

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“I am deeply saddened that we have lost a bright star,” began the Oscar winner in the photo’s caption. “Coco was the first Chinese to perform at the Oscars, her song A love before time from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was nominated for Best Original Song.

Los Angeles, July 6 (Ians) Singer CoCo Lee, who lent her vocal prowess in ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and 1998’s ‘Mulan’, died by suicide on Wednesday at the age of 48.

The singer’s sisters, Nancy and Carol Lee, confirmed the sad news with a joint Instagram post on Wednesday, revealing that she had died by suicide, reports pagesix.com.

“CoCo had been suffering from depression for a few years but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months,” the statement read.

“Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her.”

They further revealed that CoCo had attempted to take her life on Sunday and had slipped into a coma before dying on Wednesday.

“As a family of CoCo, we are very grateful and honoured to have such an excellent and outstanding sister. We are thankful to...

Singer CoCo Lee has died by suicide at 48 years old.

Her death has been announced by her older sister Nancy Lee on Facebook on Wednesday.

Her sister explained that CoCo had attempted suicide and was brought to the hospital after being found in her home. She was put in a coma until she died on Wednesday.

Nancy wrote, “CoCo had been suffering from depression for a few years but her condition deteriorated drastically over the last few months. Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her.”

In addition to this statement, Nancy posted a video with pictures of CoCo with her friends and family while she was growing up.

CoCo, a singer and songwriter, was best known for voicing Mulan in the Chinese version of Disney’s animated movie Mulan. In addition to this, she...

Eva Maria Daniels, the Icelandic producer who most recently executive-produced the Sydney Sweeney project “Reality,” has died. She was 43.

Daniels’ friend, filmmaker Börkur Sigthorsson, posted on Facebook that she “passed away last week in London after a long battle with cancer.” She was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer in 2020 in the middle of the pandemic but by 2021 was opening up about her experience and noting that she was now cancer-free and happy to spend more time with her young child.

“Eva died on the same terms as she lived. She played her cards close to her chest. She didn’t seek recognition when she had success. She didn’t seek pity when she suffered. I will miss her friendship greatly, but mostly I will miss seeing what she would have done next,” Sigthorsson wrote on Facebook.

As a producer, Daniels worked on projects like “Hold the Dark,” Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller...

Coco Lee, the Hong Kong-born singer and voice star of Disney’s Mandarin “Mulan,” died Wednesday at age 48.

The entertainer’s sisters Nancy and Carol Lee announced the news on social media, revealing that after living for years with depression, Lee attempted suicide on Sunday, putting her into a coma until she ultimately succumbed three days later.

“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,” they wrote. “Although Coco sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her. On July 2, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital. 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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Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer and songwriter who had a highly successful career in Asia, has died by suicide, her siblings said Wednesday. She was 48.

The star had been suffering from depression for several years, Lee’s elder sisters Carol and Nancy Lee said in a statement posted on Facebook and Instagram, with her condition deteriorating drastically over the last few months.

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“Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her,” the statement read.

Lee attempted suicide at home over the weekend and she was rushed to a hospital, her sister said. They said that she was in a coma and died on Wednesday.

Lee, who was born in Hong Kong but later moved to the U.S. where she attended middle and high school,...

Sad news has come in as it's been revealed that Coco Lee has passed away. A successful singer-songwriter who voiced the titular heroine in the Mandarin dub of Disney's animated movie Mulan, Lee ultimately lost her battle with depression on July 5. According to a Facebook post by her sister, Nancy Si Lin Lee, Lee was rushed to the hospital after a suicide attempt on July 2. While medical professionals spent the next three days trying to save her life, Lee was pronounced dead on Wednesday. She was 48 years old.

"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," a statement written by Lee's sisters reads in part. "Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her.

CoCo Lee, the singer who performed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s “A Love Before Time” at the 2001 Oscars and who voiced Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of Mulan, died by suicide Wednesday. Her sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, confirmed the news in an Instagram post. She was 48.

“Although CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her,” the sisters wrote. “On 2 July, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital. Despite the best...

Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter Coco Lee has died after battling depression and a failed suicide attempt at home on July 2. She was 48 years of age.

Lee’s sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, said the Chinese singer tried to take her own life at home on Sunday, before attempts to treat her in a hospital failed and she passed away on Wednesday.

“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. Although CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her,” the Lee sisters said in a Facebook/Instagram post.

“On 2 July, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital. Despite the best efforts of the hospital team to rescue and treat her from her coma,...

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.

“Although, Coco sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly that demon inside of her took the better of her,” they continued.

Disney’s new live-action adaptation of Mulan might not be a movie musical, but that doesn’t mean it is without music. The Niki Caro-directed film, which dropped on Disney+ for “premium access” this weekend, has a score composed and conducted by Harry Gregson-Williams that makes up most of the official Mulan soundtrack. However, the film soundtrack also features two versions of “Reflection,” a tune made famous in America by Christina Aguilera for the soundtrack of the original 1998 animated feature. Twenty-two years later, Aguilera is singing another rendition of “Reflection” for the film’s soundtrack—one of two versions of the song that appears on the 2020 soundtrack. (The other is a Mandarin-language version of the song sung by Mulan star Liu Yifei.) The return of “Reflection” seems to be the main exception to Disney‘s efforts to distance the new, live-action film from the animated version as a way...

This article marks Part 23 of the Gold Derby series analyzing 84 years of Best Original Song at the Oscars. Join us as we look back at the timeless tunes recognized in this category, the results of each race and the overall rankings of the winners.

The 2000 Oscar nominees in Best Original Song were:

“A Love Before Time” from “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”

“I’ve Seen It All” from “Dancer in the Dark”

“My Funny Friend and Me” from “The Emperor’s New Groove”

“A Fool in Love” from “Meet the Parents”

“Things Have Changed” from “Wonder Boys”

Won: “Things Have Changed” from “Wonder Boys”

Should’ve won: “I’ve Seen It All” from “Dancer in the Dark”

The dawn of a new millennium could have marked a remarkable turn of the page for the Oscars in Best Original Song, away from the ho-hum adult contemporary that so often dominated the category over the past three decades,...