Posts Tagged ‘deaths’
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Park Yong-ha discovered dead at home
Breaking news: Park Yong-ha was discovered dead at his Nonhyun-dong, Seoul, home on the morning of June 30. I’ll update with details if/as they become available. I am in utter shock. WHAT? Park Yong-ha died at the age of 32, having debuted fifteen years ago in youth shows like KBS’s 1995 Love Blossoms in the... More »
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Choi Jin-shil’s brother Choi Jin-young commits suicide
OH NO. Only a year and a half after his older sister committed suicide, now actor-singer Choi Jin-young has been discovered dead after taking his own life on the morning of March 29. Choi Jin-young’s body is currently in the funeral hall of a Kangnam hospital in Seoul. A rep from his side said on... More »
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Jang Jin-young’s wedding photo
Actress Jang Jin-young died of stomach cancer in September, after which it was belatedly revealed that she had been secretly married. She had wed her husband, Kim Young-kyun, while in the U.S. for cancer treatment, and registered the marriage to make it official in Korea just days before her passing. Now her husband has published... More »
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Model Daul Kim dies at age of 20
What in the what? NY Mag has just broken the news that top Korean fashion model Daul Kim was found dead in Paris today, and while details are yet unknown, it appears to have been a suicide. Daul Kim is probably Korea’s most famous supermodel and had worked a lot in her short career —... More »
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Jang Jin-young was secretly married
Perhaps to ease the sad news of losing 35-year-old actress Jang Jin-young to cancer yesterday (Korean time), the press has been highlighting the fact that Jang left this world having enjoyed a fulfilling career and, as it is now being reported, love life as well. News is circulating that Jang had actually secretly married her... More »
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Jang Jin-young takes a turn for the worse passes away
UPDATE: Jang Jin-young has passed away on September 1, at the age of 35. This is very sad. Actress Jang Jin-young (Singles, Lobbyist) had announced last September that she was diagnosed with stomach cancer. She stopped all acting activities to focus on treatment, and a few months later seemed to be much improved. However, now... More »
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Veteran actress Yeo Woon-kye passes away
Oh, sad. Veteran actress Yeo Woon-kye passed away on May 22 after battling cancer. She had initially been diagnosed with cancer of the kidneys in 2007, and had seemed to make a full recovery. However, it was not long ago that she found out that the disease had traveled to her lungs. Yeo was 69... More »
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Rookie actress Woo Seung-yeon commits suicide
It’s a sad day when news like this is no longer shocking. There have been way too many celebrity suicides in the past six months. Woo Seung-yeon, a 24-year-old rookie actress, was found dead on the morning of April 27 at home from an apparent suicide. She had hanged herself in her closet. The suicide... More »
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Boys Before Flowers actress commits suicide
Oh, this is sad. Jang Ja-yeon, one of the Boys Before Flowers‘ Jin-Sun-Mi trio of Mean Girls, was found dead in her home on March 7. Her death has been deemed suicide. The police are still are still looking into the matter, but police have stated that after a first examination of the deceased’s body,... More »
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Remembering Lee Eon through his youth
It was a sad day when Lee Eon, most known for his role in the drama Coffee Prince, died in a motorcycle accident last August. Now a book is being published posthumously, featuring Lee’s own writing and music, called Twenty-seven, Burying Youth. The model-turned-actor, born Park Sang-min, died at the age of 27. Also, as... More »
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