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October 4, 2008
Suicide of South Korean actress Choi Jin-sil
Have you been watching Korean TV series, more popularly known locally as Korean telenovelas? If you do, then you must be familiar with some of Korean actors and actresses that have starred in these series. Do you know that some are already dead by committing suicide? Some of these Koreans stars are just in their early twenties. The latest Korean actress that committed suicide is Choi Jin Sil.
Choi Jin Sil
She is the lead actress for The Rosy Life. She was found dead October 2, 2008, Thursday. Based on the circumstances surrounding her before the death and from doctor’s examination of the body, she committed suicide. According to the family members, Choi Jin Sil was suffering from post-divorce depression, problems on how to raise her children. There were also harassment brought by rumors that she had lent money to actor Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead in his car last month after committing suicide.
Before her death and after drinking 3 bottles of soju, she told her manager, “I want to die.” At home in her Jamwon-dong home, she told her mother, “I am sad and disappointed in people. Why do they bother me like this? I have nothing to do with the loans…”
Aside from The Rosy Life, Choi Jin Sil also starred in My Love, My Bride (1990), How to Top My Wife (1994), Jealousy and Bad Woman, Good Woman. Before her death, her supposed to be next project is The Last Scandal of My Life
Other Korean actors and actresses who committed suicide
Jung Da-bin
Jung Da-bin, 27, Korean actress, was found dead on February 10, 2007 at her bathroom. It was presumed to be a suicide for being so stressed out about her declining career. Her boyfriend was the first person to find her dead body. The two drank with friends on Friday night and went home in the early morning.
Some of the films she appeared in were Cat in Rooftop, That Summer Typhoon (SBS, 2005), She Is Nineteen (SBS, 2004), Attic Cat (MBC, 2003), Nonstop 3 (MBC, 2003), Nonstop 2 (MBC, 2002), Trio (MBC, 2002), The Full Sun (KBS, 2001), Taeyangun Gadukhe (KBS, 2001), He Was Cool (2004) and The Legend Of Gingko (2000)
Lee Eun-ju
She was 25 when she committed suicide leaving a note scrawled in blood, in which she wrote “Mom, I am sorry and I love you”. According to her family, her nude scenes in the Korean movie entitled The Scarlet Letter was said to have caused her mental illness.
