Foua Yang crumpled in tears on the staircase in her south Sacramento home, just feet from the empty hospital bed where her daughter Lia Lee lived most of her life.
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Foua Yang weeps as she describes her daughter Lia Lee, who died Aug. 31 at age 30 after a lifelong struggle with multiple disabilities.
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Lee family Lia Lee's family gathered for her 30th birthday in July, just as she was at the center of every family get-together and ceremony.