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Bruce Rockowitz, who was reportedly separated from woman CoCo Lee, joined their household successful paying tribute to the precocious Disney performer pursuing her death.
Disney Star Coco Lee Dead astatine 48 After Coma
Content warning: This communicative discusses suicide.
The estranged hubby of CoCo Lee joined their household successful paying tribute to the precocious Disney prima and singer.
The Hong-Kong calved American performer, who voiced the rubric quality and sang successful the Mandarin-dubbed mentation of Mulan and besides performed the Oscar-nominated opus "A Love Before Time" for the soundtrack for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, died by termination astatine property 48 July 5.
Lee's hubby of 11 years Bruce Rockowitz—a Canadian billionaire from whom she had been separated for much than a year, according to aggregate reports—released an obituary pursuing her death. It was signed by Lee's older sisters Carol and Nancy—who had antecedently announced her decease connected Facebook—and stepdaughters Rachel and Sarah.
The obituary, printed successful Chinese and posted by aggregate outlets, stated that Lee died July 5 "after a agelong conflict with depression" and "with each her household by her side."
The tribute continued, "Coco was a beautiful, lukewarm and benignant person, wrong and out. She was an all-around singer-songwriter, a talented performer, and a pistillate who cared astir the younger generation. A mentor, loving wife, beloved person and beloved household member. Her warmth and sincerity brought sunshine to everyone astir her. She volition beryllium profoundly missed by the galore lives she touched. Her power and airy volition spell connected forever."
In summation to depression, Lee besides battled bosom crab anterior to her death, according to the Hong Kong-based English-language paper The South China Morning Post, which quoted Lee's sister Nancy arsenic saying that the singer had undergone country past twelvemonth to region a tumor.
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Lee's person and chap musician Jae Chong wrote connected Instagram, "I retrieve erstwhile she told maine astir her unwellness fewer months agone I sat successful my car crying nonstop. She was suffering from truthful galore antithetic things including secretly battling cancer. She was a existent fighter. She didn't privation her fans and household to worry. I commune that she is successful eden wherever determination is nary much pain."
According to Lee's obituary, ceremonial details are acceptable to beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.
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