Hong Kong Singer Ellen Loo Dies at 32, in Apparent Suicide
Ellen Joyce Loo, a star of the music scene in Hong Kong and Taiwan, died Sunday after falling from a high building. She was 32.
Loo’s body was found on Sunday morning at the foot of her home in Happy Valley, on Hong Kong Island. Police say they are not treating her death as suspicious.
No suicide note has been found. But Loo’s social media site pointed to her plans late last week to do “something great.” She suffered from bipolar disorder, which was diagnosed in 2013.
The Canadian-born singer-songwriter had worked in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music industries since she was 17. She worked in the electro-folk, Cantopop and rock registers.
With Eman Lam, Loo was part of the band at17. At17 endured until 2010, at which point Loo began a solo career, moved to Taiwan, and switched from singing in Cantonese to Mandarin.
In Taiwan, she won prizes for...
Loo’s body was found on Sunday morning at the foot of her home in Happy Valley, on Hong Kong Island. Police say they are not treating her death as suspicious.
No suicide note has been found. But Loo’s social media site pointed to her plans late last week to do “something great.” She suffered from bipolar disorder, which was diagnosed in 2013.
The Canadian-born singer-songwriter had worked in the Hong Kong and Taiwan music industries since she was 17. She worked in the electro-folk, Cantopop and rock registers.
With Eman Lam, Loo was part of the band at17. At17 endured until 2010, at which point Loo began a solo career, moved to Taiwan, and switched from singing in Cantonese to Mandarin.
In Taiwan, she won prizes for...
- 8/6/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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