Singer Chen Lin dead in suspected suicide

BEIJING, Nov.2 -- Mainland pop singer Chen Lin is dead after apparently leaping to her death from an apartment building in Beijing, on the same day as her former husband's birthday.

Mainland pop singer Chen Lin is dead after  apparently leaping to her death from an  apartment building in Beijing, on the same  day as her former husband's birthday.  (File Photo)

Lin, who remarried three months ago, jumped from the ninth floor of a residential building in the Olympic Garden community in Chaoyang district early Saturday, the Beijing News reported Sunday. Lin was 39.

Media reports said the apartment belonged to a female friend and that singer was neatly dressed and wore a mask. She also had neck wound covered with a bandage, Sina.com reported.

A friend of Chen's, who asked to be referred to as only Mr. Huang, told METRO that he knew about Chen's death but did not wish to comment.

Shen Yongge, Chen's former husband, owned a record company and helped his ex-wife release three albums that defined the peak of her career in 2000. Shen and Chen were a popular celebrity couple until divorcing in 2007.

Zhang Chaofeng, Chen's second husband, is a music producer and the couple married in July. The pair performed together in a Beijing bar when Chen released her latest EP in August.

Zhang was in Hubei when the tragedy happened, but has now returned to Beijing, according to the Beijing News.