Very x100 disturbed.
Top Actress Choi Found Dead at Home
South Korea's iconic actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead at her home in what appears to be a suicide amid rumors that linked her to the recent death of another actor, Yonhap News reported quoting police Thursday.
Choi's mother found the actress, 40, with an elastic band around her neck tied to a shower stall in her home in southern Seoul at 6:15 a.m., officers at the Seocho Police Station said.
"We confirmed her death after receiving a call that Ms. Choi committed suicide," a police officer was quoted as saying.
No suicide note has been found.
Police have been investigating rumors that linked Choi to Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead inside his car in early September in an apparent suicide. Charred briquettes that would have released toxic gas and bottles of alcohol were found inside the rental minivan, investigators said.
Rumors have since circulated on the Web that Choi had lent a large sum of money to Ahn, who was reportedly in deepening debt due to a failing business. Ahn's financial troubles were seen as the chief factor leading up to his suicide.
Choi sought a police probe into the source of the rumors, calling them groundless. Police arrested a securities company employee this week for spreading the rumors that Choi lent 2.5 billion won ($2 million) to Ahn.
The previous day, the actress came to a studio to shoot a commercial, but the filming was canceled halfway through, with Choi saying she didn't feel well, according to Choi's co-star Sohn Hyun-joo from the drama series "What Husband And Wife Live By."
"From the moment she came onto the set, she looked very weary. Her face looked really bad and she found it difficult to continue and had to stop after two hours," he was quoted as saying.
Since her debut in 1988, Choi swiftly climbed the career ladder to become a household name, clinching main roles in soap operas, movies and commercials to win subsequent awards. Her girlish look and versatile talents brought her the nickname "People's Star."
She was preparing for the second season of her latest hit, MBC drama series "The Last Scandal of My Life," in which she played a 39-year-old woman who finds new love with a top actor after a painful divorce.
The actress tied the knot with pro baseball player Cho Sung-min in 2000 but their marriage ended in a divorce in 2004. Choi is survived by two children.
source : here.
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(2nd LD) Star actress Choi Jin-sil found dead at home: police
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's iconic actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead in her home in what appears to be a suicide, police said Thursday, amid rumors that linked her to the recent death of another actor.
Choi's mother found the actress, 40, with an elastic band around her neck tied to a shower stall in her home in southern Seoul at 6:15 a.m., officers at the Seocho Police Station said.
"We confirmed her death after receiving a call that Ms. Choi committed suicide," a police officer said.
source : here.
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S. Korean actress found dead in apparent suicide
source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_en_..._skorea_actress
One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said.
Choi Jin-sil, whose fame earned her the nickname "The Nation's Actress," is believed to have hanged herself in the bathroom of her Seoul home, said Yang Jae-ho, chief investigator at Seoul's Seocho Police Station.
"It's obviously suicide," Yang told reporters, citing a doctor's examination of Choi's body and testimony from family members and friends. He said an investigation was under way.
No formal suicide note has been found, but Choi sent her makeup assistant cell phone text messages twice Wednesday night asking her to "take care of (my) children no matter what happens" and telling her that "I'm sorry," the investigator said.
Her death comes a month after the suicide of a fellow actor rumored to have owed her a large amount of money.
Choi's mother told police that the actress returned home drunk around midnight Wednesday, crying and denying the rumor, before going into the bathroom, Yang said.
Choi made her debut in the late 1980s and as a bright-eyed ingenue, quickly becoming one of South Korea's best-loved actresses. She starred in a number of box-office hits, including the films "My Love, My Bride" of 1990 and "How to Top My Wife" of 1994, and TV dramas such as "Jealousy," "My Rosy Life" and last year's "Bad Woman, Good Woman."
The actress was preparing for the second season of the TV drama "The Last Scandal of My Life" in which she played a woman who finds love with a top actor after a painful divorce.
Choi herself had gone through a difficult divorce in recent years. She had married baseball star Cho Sung-min in 2000 while he was playing for the Japanese pro baseball team Yomiuri Giants, but they divorced in 2004, with the deterioration of their relationship becoming tabloid fodder. They had two children.
A friend of Choi's told police that the actress had worried about raising the children after the divorce and about her future as an actress and often said she wanted to die, police investigator Yang said.
Her mother also told police that Choi had shown signs of depression after the divorce and had been taking a sedative, Yang said.
Choi reportedly had been under stress following the rumors that she had lent money to actor Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead in his car last month after committing suicide.
Choi denied the rumors and asked police to investigate who circulated the claims that Ahn killed himself after Choi pressured him to repay the debt.
Yang said a securities firm employee and another suspect are under investigation for defamation.
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2008 Yahoo
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I am very disturbed to the point that I just burst out crying while doing my homework. I don't know what is going on. Suicide rates are definitely soaring high these days. I wished something could be done to stop the rate from soaring high up. People taking their own lives at such age, young age is not something nice neither it is something that should be condoned. But I have a question, why do they do it? What drives them to do it? And one more thing, what is the point or rationale behind we human beings blaming or scolding these people who have ended their lives tragically? Do they for once think that doing so is not bringing them back or turn back the time and change their mind from doing it? I am not exactly pissed but I am honestly baffled with the posts in Soompi on her thread. I do understand that her suicide left a broken family since she has 2 kids but who are you to blame her and start lecturing saying that it is stupid of her to do so, why must she resort to such means till leaving her 2 kids behind in such state or you and I all know that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
I personally feel it is not fair for the deceased or her family to go through such ordeal. If you wish for her to rest in peace, I think RIP Choi Jin Shil and may God bless your soul should suffice. If you wish for her family to pull through this tough time, best wishes and deepest sympathy and condolences should already be enough. I don't think you are helping when you keep mentioning that it was stupid of her to do so and leaving her kids in such manner will help. I think it is rubbing more salt, inflicting more pain on their wound. Seriously.
And in times like this, people should really take a moment and reflect on what can be done to help such people instead of vehemently addressing your strong dislikingness or opinions on people who wished to end their lives tragically. What is the point of saying suicide is bad and suicide is stupid or people who commit suicide are dumb? Why don't you sit down and think of ways one can help people who are on the brink of suicide? I think it is a much better idea and you are doing a good deed there.
It is irrational for one to commit suicide but if you think about it in such moments of life when you are driven to the edge, to desperation and you feel everything is just not working out for you, you feel that you have failed in life and then you constantly think about death... how rational can one think or get before deciding to pull the trigger or slit his or her wrist or plunge to their death?
With that said, I leave you all with a message for the late Choi Jin Shil from a close friend of hers that left me to nothing but tears.
Actress Kim Hee-sun posted a message on her personal homepage reading:
“Beloved unni, please don’t be troubled by people up in heaven and be happy…be well!! I love you…”
RIP Choi Jin Shil. May the great God above bless your resting soul and may your family pull through from this dark period of their lives.
Love,
Adorra Ha-Neul
South Korea's iconic actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead at her home in what appears to be a suicide amid rumors that linked her to the recent death of another actor, Yonhap News reported quoting police Thursday.
Choi's mother found the actress, 40, with an elastic band around her neck tied to a shower stall in her home in southern Seoul at 6:15 a.m., officers at the Seocho Police Station said.
"We confirmed her death after receiving a call that Ms. Choi committed suicide," a police officer was quoted as saying.
No suicide note has been found.
Police have been investigating rumors that linked Choi to Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead inside his car in early September in an apparent suicide. Charred briquettes that would have released toxic gas and bottles of alcohol were found inside the rental minivan, investigators said.
Rumors have since circulated on the Web that Choi had lent a large sum of money to Ahn, who was reportedly in deepening debt due to a failing business. Ahn's financial troubles were seen as the chief factor leading up to his suicide.
Choi sought a police probe into the source of the rumors, calling them groundless. Police arrested a securities company employee this week for spreading the rumors that Choi lent 2.5 billion won ($2 million) to Ahn.
The previous day, the actress came to a studio to shoot a commercial, but the filming was canceled halfway through, with Choi saying she didn't feel well, according to Choi's co-star Sohn Hyun-joo from the drama series "What Husband And Wife Live By."
"From the moment she came onto the set, she looked very weary. Her face looked really bad and she found it difficult to continue and had to stop after two hours," he was quoted as saying.
Since her debut in 1988, Choi swiftly climbed the career ladder to become a household name, clinching main roles in soap operas, movies and commercials to win subsequent awards. Her girlish look and versatile talents brought her the nickname "People's Star."
She was preparing for the second season of her latest hit, MBC drama series "The Last Scandal of My Life," in which she played a 39-year-old woman who finds new love with a top actor after a painful divorce.
The actress tied the knot with pro baseball player Cho Sung-min in 2000 but their marriage ended in a divorce in 2004. Choi is survived by two children.
source : here.
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(2nd LD) Star actress Choi Jin-sil found dead at home: police
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's iconic actress Choi Jin-sil was found dead in her home in what appears to be a suicide, police said Thursday, amid rumors that linked her to the recent death of another actor.
Choi's mother found the actress, 40, with an elastic band around her neck tied to a shower stall in her home in southern Seoul at 6:15 a.m., officers at the Seocho Police Station said.
"We confirmed her death after receiving a call that Ms. Choi committed suicide," a police officer said.
source : here.
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S. Korean actress found dead in apparent suicide
source : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_en_..._skorea_actress
One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said.
Choi Jin-sil, whose fame earned her the nickname "The Nation's Actress," is believed to have hanged herself in the bathroom of her Seoul home, said Yang Jae-ho, chief investigator at Seoul's Seocho Police Station.
"It's obviously suicide," Yang told reporters, citing a doctor's examination of Choi's body and testimony from family members and friends. He said an investigation was under way.
No formal suicide note has been found, but Choi sent her makeup assistant cell phone text messages twice Wednesday night asking her to "take care of (my) children no matter what happens" and telling her that "I'm sorry," the investigator said.
Her death comes a month after the suicide of a fellow actor rumored to have owed her a large amount of money.
Choi's mother told police that the actress returned home drunk around midnight Wednesday, crying and denying the rumor, before going into the bathroom, Yang said.
Choi made her debut in the late 1980s and as a bright-eyed ingenue, quickly becoming one of South Korea's best-loved actresses. She starred in a number of box-office hits, including the films "My Love, My Bride" of 1990 and "How to Top My Wife" of 1994, and TV dramas such as "Jealousy," "My Rosy Life" and last year's "Bad Woman, Good Woman."
The actress was preparing for the second season of the TV drama "The Last Scandal of My Life" in which she played a woman who finds love with a top actor after a painful divorce.
Choi herself had gone through a difficult divorce in recent years. She had married baseball star Cho Sung-min in 2000 while he was playing for the Japanese pro baseball team Yomiuri Giants, but they divorced in 2004, with the deterioration of their relationship becoming tabloid fodder. They had two children.
A friend of Choi's told police that the actress had worried about raising the children after the divorce and about her future as an actress and often said she wanted to die, police investigator Yang said.
Her mother also told police that Choi had shown signs of depression after the divorce and had been taking a sedative, Yang said.
Choi reportedly had been under stress following the rumors that she had lent money to actor Ahn Jae-hwan, who was found dead in his car last month after committing suicide.
Choi denied the rumors and asked police to investigate who circulated the claims that Ahn killed himself after Choi pressured him to repay the debt.
Yang said a securities firm employee and another suspect are under investigation for defamation.
Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press.
Copyright © 2008 Yahoo
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I am very disturbed to the point that I just burst out crying while doing my homework. I don't know what is going on. Suicide rates are definitely soaring high these days. I wished something could be done to stop the rate from soaring high up. People taking their own lives at such age, young age is not something nice neither it is something that should be condoned. But I have a question, why do they do it? What drives them to do it? And one more thing, what is the point or rationale behind we human beings blaming or scolding these people who have ended their lives tragically? Do they for once think that doing so is not bringing them back or turn back the time and change their mind from doing it? I am not exactly pissed but I am honestly baffled with the posts in Soompi on her thread. I do understand that her suicide left a broken family since she has 2 kids but who are you to blame her and start lecturing saying that it is stupid of her to do so, why must she resort to such means till leaving her 2 kids behind in such state or you and I all know that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
I personally feel it is not fair for the deceased or her family to go through such ordeal. If you wish for her to rest in peace, I think RIP Choi Jin Shil and may God bless your soul should suffice. If you wish for her family to pull through this tough time, best wishes and deepest sympathy and condolences should already be enough. I don't think you are helping when you keep mentioning that it was stupid of her to do so and leaving her kids in such manner will help. I think it is rubbing more salt, inflicting more pain on their wound. Seriously.
And in times like this, people should really take a moment and reflect on what can be done to help such people instead of vehemently addressing your strong dislikingness or opinions on people who wished to end their lives tragically. What is the point of saying suicide is bad and suicide is stupid or people who commit suicide are dumb? Why don't you sit down and think of ways one can help people who are on the brink of suicide? I think it is a much better idea and you are doing a good deed there.
It is irrational for one to commit suicide but if you think about it in such moments of life when you are driven to the edge, to desperation and you feel everything is just not working out for you, you feel that you have failed in life and then you constantly think about death... how rational can one think or get before deciding to pull the trigger or slit his or her wrist or plunge to their death?
With that said, I leave you all with a message for the late Choi Jin Shil from a close friend of hers that left me to nothing but tears.
Actress Kim Hee-sun posted a message on her personal homepage reading:
“Beloved unni, please don’t be troubled by people up in heaven and be happy…be well!! I love you…”
RIP Choi Jin Shil. May the great God above bless your resting soul and may your family pull through from this dark period of their lives.
Love,
Adorra Ha-Neul