The memorial service for late pop singer Coco Lee befell at 4pm right now (July 31) on the Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point, Hong Kong.
The funeral corridor was embellished with a sea of vibrant flowers surrounding Lee’s brown coffin towards a light-weight yellow curtain as a backdrop.
The memorial service, which was opened to members of the general public from 6pm, was attended by friends and members of the family – together with Lee’s estranged Canadian husband Bruce Rockowitz and her two stepdaughters, who arrived on the venue at about 3.45pm.
Since Lee’s loss of life on July 5, there have been talks of whether or not Rockowitz would attend her funeral, a dialogue that was additional fuelled after he was not included within the checklist of pallbearers.
On July 28, the businessman refuted the “malicious” and “defamatory” rumours of preventing over Lee’s belongings, saying that the pair had been financially impartial since their marriage in 2011.
In addition to relations and friends, Lee’s memorial service was additionally attended by a whole bunch of fans – who turned up exterior the funeral residence hours forward of the general public session to pay their closing respects to the beloved songbird.
One Malaysian fan ready in line advised South China Morning Post: “I deliberate my journey to Hong Kong a very long time in the past and it is a coincidence that the funeral was held on the identical day. I believed I might take this chance to pay my respects.”
Meanwhile, many actors and singers from Hong Kong, mainland China and Taiwan additionally recalled their recollections with Lee and mourned her passing in a video for her memorial service.
Action star Jackie Chan stated within the video that everybody was pleased with the singer when she carried out on the Oscars.
“To friends like us, Coco was a passionate and variety good friend who cared for us. She was actually an excellent individual. That’s why we’re so reluctant to simply accept she has left us,” he stated.
Lee and Jackie Chan labored collectively on the Mandarin model of Disney’s ‘Mulan’. Photo: Jackie Chan/WeiboTaiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee additionally recounted his exchanges with the late singer when she carried out A Love Before Time, the theme tune of his award-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, on the Oscars in 2001.
“She checked out me and stated, ‘I’m the primary Asian to face on this stage, so I’ll do my greatest’. We miss her very a lot. Rest in peace, Coco,” he stated.
Other celebrities who turned up for Lee’s funeral had been singers Jenny Tseng and Elva Hsiao who gave eulogies commemorating Lee.
Over 10,000 fans from everywhere in the world tuned to the livestream of the memorial service on Lee’s sister Nancy’s YouTube channel, with many leaving feedback extending their condolences.
Lee’s funeral can be held over two days till tomorrow (Aug 1). There can be a livestream of tomorrow’s ceremony from 9.30am to 10.30am.
Lee, who was 48, died on July 5 following a suicide try.
Her household revealed in a press release on social media that the singer had been battling melancholy.
Lee received worldwide acclaim together with her vocal prowess and has launched over 15 albums, garnering tens of tens of millions in gross sales since making her singing debut in 2013.
Her spectacular vocal vary, reportedly spanning three octaves, earned her the title because the “Mariah Carey of Asia”.
In 2016, Lee was topped the champion of the fourth season of Chinese actuality present, I Am A Singer.
She was additionally identified to voice Fa Mulan within the Mandarin model of Disney’s Mulan (1998).
Those affected by issues can attain out to: Mental Health Psychosocial Support Service (03-2935 9935 or 014-322 3392); Talian Kasih (15999 or WhatsApp 019-261 5999); Jakim’s Family, Social and Community care centre (WhatsApp 0111-959 8214); and Befrienders Kuala Lumpur (03-7627 2929 or www.befrienders.org.my/centre-in-malaysia for a full checklist of numbers and working hours).
