{"id":497225,"date":"2023-12-27T11:46:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T06:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=497225"},"modified":"2023-12-27T12:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T06:37:26","slug":"parasite-lee-sun-kyun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/world-news\/parasite-lee-sun-kyun\/","title":{"rendered":"Parasite actor Lee Sun-Kyun found dead at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar- winning film Parasite was found dead on Wednesday in an apparent suicide. The actor was discovered inside a vehicle at a park in central Seoul. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, but reports suggest that Lee had left home after writing a memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee, 48, had been under police investigation over his alleged use of marijuana and other psychoactive drugs. Once celebrated for his whole some image, local news outlets reported that the actor was being dropped from television and commercial projects after the scandal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Tsumize\/status\/1739875367458902373\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee was a graduate of South Korea\u2019s prestigious Korea National University of Arts. He made his acting debut in 2001 in a television sitcom titled Lovers. He later won acclaim for his performances in variety of roles, including a charismatic chef and diligent architectural engineer who learns his wife cheats on him. Globally he is best known for his portrayal of the wealthy and shallow patriarch in director Bong Joon-ho\u2019s 2019 Oscar winning film Parasite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His last film was this year\u2019s horror flick Sleep in which he played a husband whose sleepwalking eventually leads to horrifying circumstances was well received critically and featured in the Critics Week section at the Cannes festival. He spoke to the media in late October before entering an Incheon police station to meet with investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lee said he sincerely apologized for causing great disappointment to many people by being involved in such an unpleasant incident. He felt sorry for his family, which is enduring such difficult pain at this moment. South Korea has extremely tough laws on illegal drugs, with even Koreans who take drugs like marijuana legally abroad risking prosecution upon returning to their home country. This year, President Yoon Suk Yeol called for more stringent measures to eliminate drug traffickers, saying the country was no longer drug free. He is survived by wife and actress Jeon Hye-jin and two sons. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee, 48, had been under police investigation over his alleged use of marijuana and other psychoactive drugs. 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