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#SHOWBIZ: Coco Lee's grave in a state of neglect after a year

KUALA LUMPUR: It has been more than a year since the tragic death of Hong Kong-American pop diva Coco Lee.

Coco's ashes were laid to rest at the Shimen Peak Memorial Park in Wuhan, China in October last year.

At that time, the star's grave was revealed to be sky blue in colour with a flight of rainbow-coloured stairs that led to a white sculpture of her.

However, AsiaOne reported that recent photos of Coco's grave showed that the area has been left in a state of neglect and overrun with grass.

Coco's statue has also turned brown, and the rainbow stairs are completely blocked by vines.

Fans were livid after seeing the state of Coco's grave.

"My heart hurts looking at this. She was such a talented and beautiful star, but she didn't get the last resting place she deserved," wrote one netizen.

Another scolded the cemetery custodians for not looking after the grave: "Are they not paid management fees?"

Lee's career spanned around 30 years.

She is best known for voicing the female warrior Mulan in the Chinese-language version of Disney's Mulan and performing the Oscar-nominated song A Love Before Time from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Born in Hong Kong in 1975, Coco was the youngest of three children of a Hong Kong mother and a Malaysian father.

In 1996, Coco signed with Sony Music Entertainment and her debut album Coco Lee became the best-selling album of that year in Asia.

She recorded 18 studio albums and appeared in three films, most notably Lee Xin's Master Of Everything and No Tobacco by Stanley Kwan.

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