Lori Mai

Lori Ann Duque Mai (November 16, 1977 – September 16, 2009) was a German–American folk rock singer and musician.

Mai was born in Dallas, Texas to American parents. She grew up in Cooper City, Florida, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale with her mother, Carolyn Cooper Stoner, her sister, Lisa Zilinski Mounteer and stepfather, Marvin E Stoner, Jr. a Broward County Sheriff Deputy Chief. In 1990, she moved to Mission, Texas to live with her father Joe Duque for a couple of years, moved back to Florida and then in 1999 moved to Berlin.

In February 2008, Mai was a candidate of the casting television show, Deutschland sucht den Superstar. She performed from a motorized wheelchair because she was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Later, she acquired a record deal with Music 2 Gold and produced her first and only album, Be What I Am, released on May 9, 2008.

Mai was married and had two children, Alenka and Anuschka, whom she had lived with during her residence in both Estenfeld and Berlin.

Albums

• Be What I Am (2008)

Singles

• Killing Me Softly (2008)
• My Promise (2008)

Mai died on September 16, 2009, in Mission, Texas, from complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.