패혈증 증세로 입원치료 중이던 배우 박용식이 2일 오전 별세했다. 향년 67세.
박용식은 이날 오전 7시께 경희대학교병원 중환자실에서 입원 치료 중 숨을 거뒀다. 고인은 최근 해외촬영차 캄보디아를 다녀온 뒤 패혈증 증세를 보인 것으로 알려졌다. 빈소는 서울 강남구 일원동 삼성서울병원 장례식장에 마련될 예정이다.
박용식은 1967년 TBC 공채탤런트 4기로 데뷔, 전두환 전 대통령을 닮은 외모로 드라마 ‘제3공화국’, ‘제4공화국’, ‘선덕여왕’ 등에 출연했다. 최근에는 KBS 1TV ‘6시 내고향’ 등에서 리포터로 활동했다.
고인은 특유의 외모로 인해 피해를 본 적도 있는데, 지난 6월 한 케이블 TV 방송에 나와 자신이 전두환 전 대통령과 너무 닮았다는 이유로 1980년대에는 방송출연금지를 당한 적도 있다고 밝혔다. 그는 이로 인해 생활고를 겪었으며 방앗간 기술을 배워야 했다고 회고했다.
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Actor Park Yong-sik dies at 67
South Korean actor, Park Yong-sik, well-known for his uncanny resemblance to former president Chun Doo-hwan, died Friday at the age of 67.
Park’s acquaintance told local media that he passed away at 7:00 a.m. while receiving treatment at Kyung Hee University Medical Center for sepsis-like symptoms. He fell ill after spending 20 days in Cambodia for a movie shoot.
Park’s funeral will be held at Samsung Medical Center in Ilwon-dong, southern Seoul, and his coffin will be borne out Tuesday.
Park debuted in 1967 as a TV actor for the now defunct Tongyang Broadcasting Company. He is best known for his portrayal of Chun Doo-hwan in several TV dramas including “The Third Republic,” and “The Fourth Republic,” on Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. in the 1990s.
In the 1980s, however, being the former strongman’s lookalike took a toll on the late actor after Chun’s junta government took power in a military coup in 1979.
Park told TV Chosun in June that local broadcasters banned his appearance for nearly the whole decade because he looked too much like the dictatorial leader. The financial difficulties made him hated Chun “enough to kill him,” he said, adding he once sought the former president out in spite.
Park said that Chun had apologized to him numerous times after he stepped down from the presidency.
By Yoon Min-sik
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minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)
