Nineteen years have passed since actor the late Jung Da-bin left this world.
The late Jung Da-bin was found dead on Feb. 10, 2007, in the bathroom of her boyfriend's home in Samseong-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul. She was 26.
At the time of death, suspicions of homicide were raised, but the police concluded it was suicide based on the lack of signs of homicide on her body and the boyfriend's testimony that "I brought Jung Da-bin home in a drunken state, and when I woke up she was dead."
However, the bereaved family raised suspicions of homicide in the late Jung Da-bin's case and requested a reinvestigation. The deceased did not leave a suicide note at the time of death, and she was just two months away from filming a drama. She also had a dermatology appointment scheduled two days later, and it was reported that she had planned a trip to Southeast Asia with Jung Sun-hee.
Ultimately, an autopsy was conducted at the bereaved family's request, but the National Forensic Service concluded "there were no signs of homicide" and ruled the death a suicide. No suicide note was found, but the late Jung Da-bin posted a death-tinged entry titled "마침" on her minihompy just a day before her death, drawing attention.
In particular, the late Jung Da-bin's mother said she could not accept her daughter's suicide despite the National Forensic Service's autopsy results, and in 2009 she appeared on tvN's "Reconstructing scoops" to request a spirit contact with her daughter. The mother said, "I feel like my child died so unjustly that as a mother I would be committing a grave sin if I stayed still. I can almost hear voices saying, 'Mom, do an interview'" and asserted, "Her tongue wasn't out and it was impossible to see; her mouth was filled only with blood, and thinking about that makes me unable to believe it was suicide." She said she wanted to ask her daughter why she had to leave the world like that.
In later broadcasts, the medium who attempted to contact the late Jung Da-bin was shown saying, "I am all broken, I am all broken!" and "I don't really remember what I did then because I was so drunk, but I didn't die because I wanted to die. How could I die leaving my mother" and other remarks. This sparked criticism in some quarters as 'desecration of the deceased,' but tvN explained, "A mother who wanted to see her daughter even once was desperately pleading," adding, "We wanted to soothe some of her grievance. We tried to convey sincerity through the broadcast, and there was no intent or distortion at all."
Meanwhile, four years after the late Jung Da-bin's death, in 2011, news of a spirit marriage surprised the public. The spirit marriage was reportedly carried out according to the mother's wish to comfort the spirit of her daughter, who died unmarried and young. Accordingly, the deceased held a spirit marriage with an unmarried man born in 1975 chosen by the mother.
Born on March 4, 1980, the late Jung Da-bin appeared in the 2000 drama "Sweet bride" and "Soonpoong clinic" and officially debuted as an actress through Don.com. She gained recognition as "Little Choi Jin-sil" after playing the young role of the late Choi Jin-sil in the film "A Tale of Cinema" and gained great popularity by appearing consecutively in the sitcoms "New Nonstop" and "Nonstop 3." She later appeared in the films "That guy was cool," the drama "Rooftop prince," "Sister-in-law is nineteen," and "The summer typhoon," and also appeared in singer Baek Z Young's music video "I don't love you," released in March 2006, but she died before filming her next project, leaving it as her final work.
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