Ellen Joyce Loo Hoi Tung (; 27 March 1986 – 5 August 2018) was a

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musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. She was the guitarist, backing vocalist and a co-founder of the folk-pop

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Early life

Loo was born in

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, Canada, on March 27, 1986. At age 4, she moved to Hong Kong. She learned

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from her father at the age of nine. At age 14, she and her older brother, P. J. Loo, entered the musical competition "Original Music 2000" (原音2000), which was held by Tom Lee Music in Hong Kong. They won third prize in the competition.

Personal life

Loo was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2013, and made her first public statement regarding the disorder in April 2015. She

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as a lesbian at the

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in 2017. She married Taiwanese cinematographer Fisher Yu in 2016. The couple registered their marriage in Canada.

Death

Loo died after falling from her apartment building in

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on 5 August 2018, at the age of 32. The case was classified as suicide by police after checking

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footage of the building. No suicide note was found.

Publications

*''Lost. Escape. Rockmuiology'' – A collection of the photographs she took over 3 years of her life with her Revue 35CC camera prior to the publication, accompanied by a series of writings (in English). 240 pages, published by Youth Culture (青春文化) in July 2006, Hong Kong, .Interview – Ellen Joyce Loo
''Milk magazine'' 267, 2006 * ''I learned the chords at 17'', collection of 22 original guitar scores from ''at17s songs, transcribed by Loo in both standard notation and guitar

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. 2005, published by People Mountain People Sea / Kubrick, Hong Kong,

References

External links

at17's official website (in Chinese)

http://www.at17.net (in Chinese)

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