Fans of Hong Kong pop star Coco Lee can bid farewell to singer at funeral service at end of month
- Singer’s funeral service to be held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point on July 31
- Service in the funeral home’s grand hall to be open to public between 6pm and 10pm only
A public vigil for the late Hong Kong pop diva Coco Lee will be held at the end of the month, her family has said.
Nancy Lee, the singer-songwriter’s older sister, said in a Facebook post on Friday that the funeral service would take place on July 31 and the procession on August 1 at the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point.
“The funeral service at the grand hall will be open to the public from 6pm to 10pm on July 31, and remain closed for the rest of the time. Thank you for your kind attention,” she wrote.
A 30-second montage that showed several photographs of Coco Lee with her fans was attached to the post.
Nancy Lee earlier revealed that memorial services will also be held in mainland China and Taiwan in August.
Coco Lee, who had struggled with depression, died in hospital on July 5 after trying to take her own life. She was 48.
The star, Hong Kong-born and brought up in San Francisco from the age of nine, launched her career aged 18 when she won the first runner-up spot in broadcaster TVB’s New Talent Singing Awards.
She later became the first Chinese singer to be signed by record label Sony Music.
She was also the first and only Chinese artist to sing at the Oscars, where she performed “A Love Before Time” from Ang Lee’s award-winning 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
