Lee Sun-kyun Dead - 'Parasite' Actor Dies at Age 48 in Apparent Suicide
justjared.comLee Sun-kyun has sadly passed away. The South Korean actor, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie Parasite, was found dead in an apparent suicide on Wednesday (December 27) in Seoul, South Korea.
He was 48-years-old. Keep reading to find out more… According to The Korea Times, a man in his 40s was found unconscious in a car at a park in Seoul at around 10:30am.
After arriving on the scene, police were able to identify him as Lee. In the passenger seat was a charcoal briquette. “As he was pronounced dead, he wasn’t taken to hospital,” an official shared.
Earlier that morning, police received a report that Lee left home after writing a memo, which appeared to be a suicide note, and his car was gone. Lee had recently been under investigation on suspicions of using marijuana and other illegal drugs at the home of a hostess, who works at a high-end bar in Seoul’s Gangnam district, on multiple occasions since early this year.
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