Singer and actor Choi Jin-young left us 16 years ago.
2026 Mar. 29 is the 16th anniversary of the death of the late Choi Jin-young. The deceased was found dead at his home in Nonhyeon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on Mar. 29, 2010. He was 39.
Choi Jin-young, who debuted in the 1990 film "Okay, sometimes let's look at the sky," appeared in the drama "Our Cheong-gu," "City Men and Women," "The scenery with a wife," "It's okay to love," and in the films "A love song sung at the end of despair at nineteen," "O name shattered into pieces" and others.
In 1999 he debuted as a singer under the stage name "SKY." Choi Jin-young released hit songs such as "Forever" and "My Lady," and showed achievements as an actor and singer by winning the New Artist Award at the Korea Video Record Awards in 2000 and the New Artist Award at the Golden Disc Awards.
Choi Jin-young, the younger brother of the late Choi Jin-sil, refrained from activities after his older sister died and took responsibility for his widowed mother and his nieces and nephews Choi Hwan-hee and Choi Jun-hee. But he, who suffered from depression, ultimately passed away, prompting sorrow.
Choi Hwan-hee, a child of Choi Jin-sil and niece of Choi Jin-young, performed as rapper G Flat and recently changed her stage name to Ben Bliss and has continued her activities. Choi Jun-hee works as an influencer and is scheduled to marry her fiancé, who is 11 years her senior, this May.
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