Singer and actor Rain (Jung Jihoon) moved many by offering a final farewell to his wife, actress Kim Tae-hee, and the late Ahn Sung-ki.
Recently, images of the couple Kim Tae-hee and Rain visiting Ahn Sung-ki's funeral site have become a heated topic on online communities and social media. In the process, the special relationship between Rain and Ahn Sung-ki also came to light and drew attention.
Rain received Catholic baptism in 2014. At that time, Ahn Sung-ki attended as a godfather and maintained a special bond with Rain. Accordingly, at the wedding of Kim Tae-hee and Rain held in 2017, Ahn Sung-ki served as a godfather and witness to the ceremony. In fact, Rain and Kim Tae-hee's wedding was held in the form of a Catholic marriage sacrament at a church in Seoul.
Ahn Sung-ki's funeral was also held as a Catholic funeral mass in consideration of the deceased's faith during his lifetime. On the 9th, Ahn Sung-ki's funeral mass and a memorial service for people in the film industry were consecutively held at Myeongdong Cathedral in Jung-gu, Seoul.
Ahn Sung-ki, who died at the age of 74 on the 5th, debuted as a child actor at the age of 5 and was loved as a "national actor" for about 69 years. He was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2019 and was declared cured a year into his battle, but the disease later recurred and he worked to recover. However, he collapsed on the 30th of last month, was admitted to the intensive care unit, and ultimately passed away.
[Photo] Source: SNS, provided by the joint press corps.
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