PARASITE ACTOR LEE SUN-KYUN FOUND DEAD IN PARK AGED 48
Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in park aged 48
Actor Lee Sun-kyun, star of the Oscar-winning movie Parasite has died, South Korea’s emergency office has said. Police reported the actor had been found unconscious in one of Seoul’s main parks.
South Korean media outlets reported that police had been searching for Mr Lee, who was 48, after his family reported he had left home after writing a message. Mr Lee won a Screen Actors Guild award for cast in a motion picture in 2020 for Parasite, in which he played the head of a wealthy family.
He was nominated for the best actor at the International Emmy Awards for his performance in the sci-fi thriller Dr Brain in 2022. It is unclear if Lee took his own life, but police said they received a report that he had left home after writing a note.
He had been under investigation for alleged drug use since October. News outlet Yonhap reported that he was suspected of taking drugs such as marijuana and ketamine with a hostess at a bar in Seoul. He had said that though he took what she gave him, he had not known that they were illicit drugs.
Police said they regretted that Lee had died in the midst of investigations, but that the investigation was “conducted with [his] consent”, News1 Korea reported. Lee’s agency, HODU&U Entertainment, said in a statement: “There is no way to contain the sorrow and despair. We respectfully ask that you refrain from spreading false facts based on speculation... so that [Lee’s] final journey will not be unfair.”
The actor, who was married to actress Jeon Hye-jin and had two young sons with her, had a career spanning more than two decades. He starred as the lead in dozens of films and TV shows, becoming a household name through the 2010s.
He rose to international fame as Park Dong-ik in Parasite, the father in the wealthy Park family which is infiltrated by members of a poor family posing as unrelated individuals. The film swept four awards at the Oscars in 2020, including best picture - becoming the first non-English language film to win the prize.
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