| Lori Ann Duque Mai | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Lori Ann Duque |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas United States |
| Death Place: | Mission, Texas, United States |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Voice Type: | Contralto --> |
| Genre: | Folk, rock, jazz |
| Occupation: | Singer, composer |
| Years Active: | 2007–09 |
| Label: | Music 2 Gold |
| Website: | www.Music 2 Gold.com/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 Duque Zilinski 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.[1]
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).[2] Later, she acquired a record deal with Music 2 Gold[3] and produced her first and only album, Be What I Am, released on May 9, 2008.[4]
Mai was married and had two children, Alenka and Anuschka,[5] whom she had lived with during her residence in both Estenfeld and Berlin.[6]
Mai died on September 16, 2009, in Mission, Texas, from complications due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[7]