Disney Star & Voice of ‘Mulan’ Coco Lee Passes Away at 48 after Coma

Coco Lee, best known for voicing the heroine in the Mandarin version of Disney's original Mulan, has passed away at 48. She had a years-long battle with depression.

"On 2 July, she committed suicide at home and was sent to the hospital," Coco Lee's sisters shared on social media on Wednesday. "Despite the best efforts of the hospital team to rescue and treat her from her coma, she finally passed away on 5 July 2023."

Carol and Nancy Lee wrote about how proud they are of the Disney star, "As a family of CoCo, we are very grateful and honored to have such an excellent and outstanding sister."

Coco was born in Hong Kong on January 17, 1976. She relocated to the U.S., where she attended middle school and high school. In the '90s and 2000s, she had a thriving pop career in Asia. Her last single, "PLAYBOY," was released in late November last year.

The star performed "A Love Before Time" at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in 2001 hosted by Steve Martin. In addition to making her voice acting debut in "Mulan," Coco Lee contributed to its soundtrack.

She was also on soundtracks like Julia Roberts and Richard Gere's "Runaway Bride" and the "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon " with Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh.

The voice actress' sisters said that she had been struggling with depression for a few years, and her mental health had declined in the months leading up to her death:

"Although, CoCo sought professional help and did her best to fight depression, sadly, that demon inside of her took the better of her."

In her last Instagram post on the last day of 2022, she wrote an uplifting message about her two favorite words – love and faith. In mid-2021, she wrote about reverting to the shy and quiet person she was as a child and how that is not necessarily negative.

The Hong Kong native is survived by her husband, Bruce Rockowitz, a Canadian businessman she married in 2011, and her two stepchildren.

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org.