HONG KONG – Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee’s mother did not give up on her daughter’s chances of survival even when the situation looked hopeless. This was disclosed by Lee’s elder sister Nancy in an interview with Hong Kong’s Ming Pao Weekly.
“I told them my mother lost her husband at the age of 40 and Coco was born at that time. My mother worked very hard to bring us up. I asked the doctor to give my mother and Coco a chance, even if there was only a slim chance.”
She also refuted a claim made by music composer Jae Chong on social media that Lee had been battling cancer at the time of her death.She added that her sister was optimistic until six months ago, when she succumbed to depression. Sources told Taiwan’s Mirror Media that Lee’s husband, Canadian businessman Bruce Rockowitz, who is in his mid-60s, is flying to Hong Kong after the incident.
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