Coco Lee’s last message before taking her own life is revealed

Singer-songwriter Coco Lee sent a tragic final message to her fans thanking them for their support before her death on Wednesday.

The Hong Kong-born star died aged 48 after attempting to take her own life over the weekend after living with depression for several years, her older sisters Carol and Nancy Lee said in a statement on Facebook and Instagram.

Lee had also been recovering from major surgery to correct a birth defect that had plagued her for years, writing that she had dealt with “life-changing obstacles” in her last social media post before her death.

In a separate audio message posted on Sunday by the verified ‘China Wen Fan League’ Weibo account, Coco told her fans that they were her ‘pillar of strength’ and that she was ‘working very hard’. She would continue to try to kill herself hours later.

He was in a coma before he passed away on Wednesday.

In addition to suffering from depression, Coco Lee was also recovering from major leg and pelvic surgery to correct a birth defect, which she posted about on social media earlier this year.

‘Honey, I’m CoCo. I feel everyone’s love and support and you are my pillar of strength,’ she is heard saying in the audio message, which has been widely shared on social media, according to Taiwan News.

I will keep trying. During this time, I hope all of you are healthy and happy too. I miss everyone so much. I am working very hard. I’m thinking of all of you. I miss all of you so much! I love you I love you.’

Coco then switched to English and said, ‘Thank you so much for the gifts. Beautiful and very thoughtful. Love you guys.’

Fans noted that it sounds like his voice cracked with emotion on the recording and expressed sadness that a few hours later, he would attempt suicide and ultimately die on Wednesday.

In her last Instagram post in December, she said life over the past year had seemed “unbearable” at times, and her sisters said she was battling depression.

He was also recovering from major surgery on his leg and pelvis to correct a birth defect, which he posted about on social media earlier this year.

The surgery took two hours and left her needing to learn to walk again. Clips of her posted online showed her in a hospital bed and walking around with a frame.

He had suffered from the injury his entire life, and surgery when he was just two years old did not completely fix the problem. She left her more dependent on her right leg for support.

Her impressive stage performances masked the injury, but the problem worsened in October when she injured herself during dance rehearsal. Sun reports.

This led to the major surgery that took place in February.

The surgery took two hours and left her needing to learn to walk again. Clips of her posted online showed her in a hospital bed and walking around with a frame.

Coco Lee is seen in a hospital bed shortly after undergoing surgery earlier this year.

Coco revealed the extent of her health problems that month in a Facebook post.

‘I was born with a defect in my left leg. When I was learning to walk, my mom noticed something was wrong and she sent me to the hospital for surgery when I was just two years old,” she wrote on February 23.

“Unfortunately, the surgery was unsuccessful. The doctor inserted a very thick metal rod through my left heel and I had to wear a cast during that time which made it very uncomfortable. This was torture for me as a child because I couldn’t move at all.’

He went on to say that “I have endured this pain for so many years and now it prevents me from living a normal life”, adding that through the surgery he was facing “my greatest challenge and greatest fear in my entire life”.

‘I have never been afraid to take on any challenge because I would do it one step at a time. However, this time, I feel vulnerable. I have always wanted to escape, but this time it is inevitable, ”he wrote.

I’ll have to relearn how to walk. I hope that you will all accompany me on this difficult path. I need you more than ever. You will always be in my heart and I will always love you. I am that great wall that will never fall!’

Coco Lee appears in a video detailing her recovery process, telling her fans: ‘Warrior baby! Warrior woman.

Coco Lee is seen learning to walk with a frame as she details her recovery from surgery.

Coco’s two sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, announced her death on Facebook on Wednesday.

“Although Coco sought professional help and did everything she could to combat her depression, unfortunately that demon inside her got the best of her,” the statement said.

On July 2, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital. Despite the best efforts of the hospital team to rescue her and treat her from the coma, she ultimately passed away on July 5, 2023,” her statement read.

Lee’s career spanned around 30 years. Notable performances by her include voicing the warrior Mulan in Disney’s Mandarin version of ‘Mulan’ and rendition of the Oscar-nominated song ‘A Love Before Time’ from the film ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’. ‘.

She was born in Hong Kong in 1975, the youngest of three children born to a Hong Kong Cantonese mother and a Malaysian father.

Lee was very popular in China and Taiwan, especially in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and his death triggered a wave of grief in both and wall-to-wall news coverage in Taiwan.

One of the most widely read hashtags about his death generated 200 million views on China’s Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo.

‘I’ll miss you forever. I miss your beautiful singing, heartfelt laugh, and cute smile,” wrote a Chinese fan.

Lee’s father passed away before she was born, and by the age of 9, her mother had moved with Lee and her sisters to the United States, to San Francisco.

After graduating from high school in 1992, she was offered a recording contract in Hong Kong with Capital Artists, which ultimately led her to drop out of the University of California, Irvine to focus on her music career.

Coco’s two sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, announced her death on Facebook on Wednesday.

Lee, who moved to the United States as a young man and went to school there, had a successful career in Asia as a pop singer in the 1990s and 2000s (pictured in 2003)

In 1996, Lee signed with Sony Music Entertainment and her debut album ‘Coco Lee’ became the best-selling album of that year in Asia.

It wasn’t long before Lee gained a following both in Asia and the United States, starting his path to new English-language songs and collaborations.

He recorded 18 studio albums and appeared in three films, including Lee Xin’s ‘Master of Everything’ and Stanley Kwan’s ‘No Tobacco’.

In 2011, Lee married Bruce Rockowitz, a Canadian businessman who was CEO of Hong Kong supply chain company Li & Fung. He survives her, as do her sisters and two of her stepdaughters.