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Actress from popular 90s sitcom found dead

April 1, 2013 - 12:11 By Yoon Min-sik

A 38-year-old actress from a popular 1990s sitcom was found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Monday.

The body of the actress was found Friday by her boyfriend at her home in Gangnam district, Seoul, according to Gangnam Police Station. The actress, only identified by her surname Kim, had been suffering from depression.

Kim left a note saying “I’m sorry,” indicating that she may have taken her own life.

The actress gained fame after she appeared in a popular 1990s sitcom “Sunpung Sanbuingwa (Sunpung Hospital of Gynecology). The show aired from March 1998 to December 2000.


By Yoon Min-sik
(minsikyoon@heraldcorp.com)


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