Editing Coco Lee (section)

==Early life==
Ferren Lee was born on 17 January 1975<ref name="hkapple-2009">{{cite news |url= http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |title= 為 Coco者 |publisher= [[Apple Daily]] |author1= 軻貴妃 |work= 副刊 |date= 21 June 2009 |access-date= 13 April 2016 |quote= (Coco──原本叫李美琳的李玟) |language= zh |archive-date= 25 April 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160425140437/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/supplement/columnist/art/20090621/12901804 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vlessing |first=Etan |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee, Disney 'Mulan' Star, Dies at 48 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705210716/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coco-lee-dead-disney-mulan-star-dies-suicide-1235529610/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> or [[Wuhan]].<ref name="香港01 2023 a295">{{cite web |date=21 Oct 2023 |title=樂壇天后李玟今午正式長眠武漢 現場率先曝光遍佈粉紫色海報 |url=https://www.hk01.com/article/953592 |access-date=10 Nov 2023 |website=香港01 |language=zh-hant}}</ref><ref name="三立娛樂星聞 2023 z049">{{cite web |date=25 Oct 2023 |title=李玟生前想葬馬爾地夫!媽超心疼反對...改長眠武漢「原因藏洋蔥」 |url=https://star.setn.com/news/1372393 |access-date=10 Nov 2023 |website=三立娛樂星聞 |language=zh-hant}}</ref> She was born after her father's death due to illness, making her a [[posthumous child]]. She also had physical defects in her left leg, which affected her throughout her life and contributed to her later challenges.<ref name="nexttv20230706">{{cite web | title=母含淚帶大! 李玟是遺腹子「沒見過爸爸」 | website=壹電視 | date=6 Jul 2023 | url=https://www.nexttv.com.tw/NextTV/News/Home/Entertainment/m/2023-07-06/1229873.html | language=zh | access-date=25 Jun 2024}}</ref> After her father's death, Lee's mother moved the family to Hong Kong to seek support from relatives. They faced difficult times there before immigrating to the US when CoCo was 9 years old. She had two elder sisters, Carol and Nancy. Nancy would become Coco's manager early on in her career.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kelly |last2=Wong |first2=Tessa |date=2023-07-06 |title=Coco Lee: The pioneering singer who charmed the world |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66117306 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706151311/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66117306 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |quote=Nancy served as Lee's wardrobe consultant, public relations officer and makeup artist – including on Oscar night. In fact it was Nancy who suggested the moniker Coco.}}</ref>  She was raised in Hong Kong and had a lot of pleasant memories there. Lee and her family moved to San Francisco when she was around 10.<ref name="Magazine 2016 l605">{{cite web | last=Magazine | first=HK | title=Coco Lee | website=South China Morning Post | date=19 Oct 2016 | url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2036279/coco-lee | access-date=27 Aug 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee, Hong Kong-born singer-songwriter, dead at 48 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coco-lee-obit-1.6897893 |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=CBC |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705213637/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/coco-lee-obit-1.6897893 |url-status=live }}</ref> She attended Redding Elementary School, [[Presidio Middle School]] and [[Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School]] there.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |title=CoCo Lee, the Hong Kong-born singer famous for 'Crouching Tiger' song, dies at 48 |url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/coco-lee-singer-dead-mulan-crouching-tiger-18185911 |access-date=2023-07-06 |website=Datebook {{!}} San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide |language=en-US |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705212621/https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/coco-lee-singer-dead-mulan-crouching-tiger-18185911 |url-status=live }}</ref> Lee won the title of Miss Teen Chinatown San Francisco in 1991 at age 16, marking a significant step toward her later success in the entertainment industry.<ref name="sanfran">{{cite web |url=https://today.line.me/tw/v2/article/9m8ooRV |title=天后李玟享年 48 歲 舊金山華人追憶親民暖舉}}</ref><ref name="nyt1">{{cite news |last=McCarthy |first=Lauren |date=2023-07-05 |title=Coco Lee, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Mulan' Singer, Dies at 48 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |access-date=2023-07-06 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=6 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706100151/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/arts/music/coco-lee-dead.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|File:Coco Lee 12.png|Coco Lee during a 2007 interview
|File:CoCo Lee's Redding Elementary School Diploma.jpg|Coco Lee's Redding Elementary School Diploma
|File:CoCo Lee's Presidio Middle School Diploma.jpg|Coco Lee's Presidio Middle School Diploma
|File:Contestants of the 1991 Miss Teen Chinatown pageant, including CoCo Lee Stage 06.jpg|CoCo Lee at the Miss Teen Chinatown Gala, 1991, with [[BD Wong]].
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Lee won a local singing contest twice at 17. During the first time she won, she joined in to pay for the damage she did to her mom's car.<ref name="YouTube2006settv">{{cite web | title=CoCo李玟 – 三立 封面人物 (2006) |website=YouTube |date=4 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vHPUiNjzrw |language=zh |access-date=11 Aug 2023}}</ref> The second time, she entered it again just because it was so enjoyable.<ref name="lat2000">{{cite news|title=Coco Lee Hits the Ground Running|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-17-ca-65094-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 February 2000|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114062121/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/feb/17/entertainment/ca-65094|url-status=live}}</ref> After graduating from high school in 1993,<ref name="sanfran"/> she entered a [[TVB]] competition in Hong Kong<ref name=":16" /> and was offered a recording contract. Lee attempted to juggle her singing career in Hong Kong with her [[pre-medical]] studies at the [[University of California, Irvine]]<ref name="lat2000"/> but eventually left after her first year to concentrate on her pop career.<ref name=":16">{{cite news|title=Loco for Coco: Singer reveals the rocker inside|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1313879/loco-coco-singer-reveals-rocker-inside|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=26 September 2013|first=Vanessa|last=Yung|access-date=13 April 2017|archive-date=13 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413160802/http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1313879/loco-coco-singer-reveals-rocker-inside|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> During an interview in 1997, Lee said she never intended to become a star. Her goal in life was to become a surgeon because her mother was a successful doctor, although completing all of her medical training might take another decade.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-07 |title=Coco Lee never wanted to be a star, 'I was shy' — from the archive |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3226848/coco-lee-hong-kong-pop-singer-never-wanted-be-star-i-was-shy-scmp-archive |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>