48岁歌手李玟离世，一代天后陨落，海外歌迷纷纷哀悼：痛失最爱华人歌手…

　　没有人敢相信，48岁的Coco李玟就这样离开了我们。

　　当昨晚#李玟去世#的词条在互联网上传播开来，另一个#快告诉我是假的#词条也爆了！一切都来得太突然了。

　　

　　7月5日晚，Coco李玟的姐姐李思林在微博发长文表示，李玟因抑郁症在家中轻生，经抢救无效，于7月5日与世长辞。

　　她的最后一条微博定格在5月20日宣传自己的新歌《战歌》。

　　歌中唱到：“伤痛过 血泪模糊过，怀疑过 也重新来过，向命运承诺”。生活要面对很多困难和伤痛，勇敢去挑战，去追求，你就是战士。

　　

　　天后陨落，世上再无月光爱人。

　　作为首位献唱奥斯卡的华人歌手，李玟逝世的消息也在外网刷屏。

　　

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　　PART 01

　　CoCo李玟逝世

　　Hong Kong-born singer and actress CoCo Lee, whose decades-long career included dozens of successful albums, movies and television shows, died Wednesday, her sisters announced on social media.

　　李玟的姐姐在社交媒体上宣布，出生在香港的歌手及演员李玟于周三去世，她长达数十年的职业生涯中创作出了几十张成功的专辑，还有一些电影和电视节目。

　　Hersisters Carol and Nancy said she had been suffering fromdepressionfor “a few years” and attempted to take her life on Sunday. She was hospitalized but could not be revived from a coma and died on Wednesday. She was 48 years old.

　　她的姐妹卡罗尔和南希说，她患抑郁症已经“好几年了”，并在周日试图自杀。她被送入医院，但一直昏迷，直到周三去世，年仅48岁。

　　

　　In their statement, the sisters wrote that this year marks the 30th anniversary of Lee’s singing career, during which she “won countless international acclaims with top selling songs and has left audience w anastoundingimpression of her excellent live performances.”

　　她们在声明中写道，今年是李玟歌唱生涯的第30周年，在此期间，她“以畅销歌曲赢得了无数的国际赞誉，她出色的现场表演给观众留下了深刻印象。”

　　“CoCo is also known to have worked tirelessly to open up a new world for Chinese singers in the international music scene, and she went all out to shine for the Chinese. We are proud of her!” they wrote.

　　“李玟更努力地为华人歌手在国际歌坛开拓一片新天地，一直全力以赴为华人发光发亮，我们为她感到自豪。！”他们写道。

　　The post asked for privacy as the family grieves, adding: “Although CoCo stays in the world for not long a time, her rays of light will last forever!”

　　该帖子要求在家人吊唁时尊重隐私，并补充说：“CoCo在世间尽管停留不久，但她的光芒，永垂不朽！”

　　

　　PART 02

　　国际天后，华人之光

　　Lee was born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States. During one visit back to Hong Kong after high school, she won first place in a singing contest, which kick-started her music career.

　　李玟出生在香港，在美国长大。高中毕业后回香港的一次旅行中，她赢得了一个歌唱比赛冠军，这开启了她的音乐生涯。

　　She found success in Asia throughout the 1990s, with millions of album sales, and music released in English, Mandarin andCantonese.

　　在整个20世纪90年代，她在亚洲取得了成功，专辑销量达数百万张，并以英语、普通话和粤语发行音乐。

　　Her R&B sounds infused with hip hop also made her popular in the US, and she gained enough prominence that she was hired to voice Disney heroine Fa Mulan in the Mandarin version of “Mulan,” released in 1998.

　　她的R&B音乐注入了嘻哈元素，使她在美国很受欢迎，声名大噪，她还被邀请在迪士尼1998年发行的国语版《花木兰》中为花木兰配音。

　　

　　But it was the 2000 hit film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” that propelled her to global fame. Lee sang the romantic ballad “A Love Before Time” in the martial arts adventure movie, which went on to sweep awards shows in the US and introduced American audiences to now-household names like actress Michelle Yeoh.

　　但正是2000年的热门电影《卧虎藏龙》奠定了她在世界乐坛的地位。李玟在这部武术电影中演唱了浪漫的歌曲 A Love Before Time（《月光爱人》英文版），这部电影后来横扫了美国的颁奖典礼，美国观众也第一次认识现在家喻户晓的女演员杨紫琼等。

　　Lee famously performed “A Love Before Time” at the 2001 Oscars awards ceremony, in a telecast viewed by tens of millions.

　　李玟在2001年奥斯卡颁奖典礼上演唱了著名的A Love Before Time（《月光爱人》英文版），当时有数千万人观看了电视转播。

　　看Coco当年惊艳世界的表演

　　In more recent years, she appeared on Chinese singing competition television shows including “Infinity and Beyond” and “Singer.”

　　在最近几年，她出现在中国的歌唱比赛电视节目中，包括《声生不息》和《我是歌手》。

　　PART 03

　　结婚11年被曝婚变

　　In 2011, Lee married Bruce Rockowitz, former chief executive officer of Hong Kong-based supply chain giant Li & Fung.They have two daughters from his previousmarriage.

　　2011年，李玟与香港供应链巨头利丰公司的前首席执行官布鲁斯·罗科维茨结婚。丈夫带着和前妻的两个女儿。

　　Rumours that they had split started to surface about three years ago, but Lee never addressed them.

　　大约三年前，网络上有了关于他们已经离婚的传言，但李玟从未回应过。

　　

　　PART 04

　　再见，永远的Coco Lee

　　Lee’s last Instagram post, dated December 31, 2022, acknowledged it had been an “incredibly difficult year,” but urged her followers to stay positive and spread love. “You are not alone, no matter how hard life gets, I’m with (you),” she wrote.

　　李玟的最后一篇Ins帖子是2022年12月31日发布的，她承认这是“令人难以置信的一年”，但敦促她的歌迷保持积极的心态，传播爱。她写道：“你并不孤单，无论生活多么艰难，我都与你在一起。”

　　The announcement of her death sparked shock and grief online, with that final Instagram post flooded with condolence messages, including from other Hong Kong artists.

　　她去世的消息在网上引发了网友的震惊和悲痛，她在Ins上发表的最后一篇帖子下充满了哀悼，其他香港艺术家也纷纷留言悼念。

　　

　　The topic also trended on Chinese social media platform Weibo, gaining nearly 1.4 billion views.

　　这个话题在中国社交媒体平台新浪微博上也成为热门话题，获得了近14亿的浏览量。

　　It raised discussion around mental health and depression, with many pointing to Lee’s cheerful, bubbly public image, and urging people to support each other with kindness andsensitivity.

　　人们发现李玟开朗活泼的公众形象下的脆弱，这也引发了关于心理健康和抑郁症的讨论，并敦促人们以善意和敏锐的态度相互扶持。

　　

　　Others praised Lee for breaking boundaries as an Asian American and providing young Chinese women a role model on the world stage.

　　另一些人则赞扬李玟作为亚裔美国人打破了界限，为年轻的中国女性提供了世界舞台上的学习榜样。

　　“When I was little and saw her on the stage, I thought, ‘Oh, so Chinese women can be like this – powerful, bright,bold,’” one Weibo user wrote.

　　一个微博用户写道：“我小时候看到她在舞台上，就在想，‘哦，原来中国女性也可以这样——强大、明亮、大胆’。”

　　海外歌迷痛悼

　　@whateverb9778：This is so sad. Her image was always cheerful and happy. It just goes to show, people who appear to be the happiest often are battling the biggest demons. RIP

　　这太悲伤了。她的形象总是那么欢快和幸福的。这表明，那些看起来最快乐的人往往是在与最大的恶魔作斗争。RIP

　　@Porsche996driver：She was so amazing when she came on the scene at age 25 or 26. You can see her exuberance and love of life in the brief interviews here. Her voice and singing in crouching Tiger hidden Dragon were amazing.

　　当她在25或26岁时出现在舞台上时，她是如此的令人惊叹。你可以在简短的采访中感受到她的旺盛的生命力和对生活的热爱。她在《卧虎藏龙》中的歌声令人惊叹。

　　@Amberclaire1：Rest in peace CoCo Lee. I still remember hearing her beautiful voice as a teenager in Australia. I just thought of her a couple of days ago and then just found out that this had happened. Very tragic

　　一路走好，CoCo李玟。我仍然记得十几岁时在澳大利亚听到她美妙的歌声。几天前我还想起了她，然后才发现发生了这样的事。太痛心了

　　@anthonytuong3380：Always been a fan of Coco Lee. I grew up in America, but she made me fall in love with Cantonese and Mandarin music. Very proud of her for also being the first Asian to make American albums that were great as well. Such a tragedy to lose great talent. May she rest in peace.

　　我一直是李玟的粉丝。我在美国长大，但她让我爱上了粤语和国语音乐。我为她感到骄傲，因为她也是第一个制作英语专辑的亚洲歌手，而且很棒。失去伟大的人才真是一场悲剧。愿她安息。

　　R.I.P. CoCo

　　我们会永远记得你的歌声

　　今日词汇

　　depression/ d??pre?n / n.抑郁，沮丧；萧条（期）

　　astounding/ ??sta?nd?? / adj.令人震惊的；令人惊骇的

　　Cantonese/ ?k?nt??ni?z / n.粤语

　　sensitivity/ ?sens??t?v?ti / n.（对细节或质量的）感知，觉察；（对新情况的）灵敏度；敏感，易生气；多愁善感

　　bold/ b??ld / adj,大胆自信的，敢于冒险的

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　　https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/entertainment/coco-lee-death/index.html

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