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. She was 48.
Lee sang with a distinctive openness in her demeanor, which made “A Love Before Time” a memorable ballad, though the song ultimately lost the Oscar to Bob Dylan. Another song from the film that Lee sang, “Moonlight Lover,” won Best Original Film Song at the 2001 Hong Kong Film Awards. She also had success with the pop song “Do You Want My Love,” off her 1999 English-language album,. The track reached Number 49 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart.
Outside of recording, Lee, born Jan. 17, 1976, in Hong Kong, performed at the New Beijing Great Olympics in 2001 and served as a guest judge onInfinity and Beyond 2022“2023 marks the 30th anniversary of CoCo’s singing career, in the past 29 years, she’s won countless international acclaims with top selling songs and has left audience [with] an astounding impression of her excellent live performances,” the Lee sisters wrote.
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