Lee Solar-kyun, the South Korean actor who rose to worldwide fame after starring within the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was discovered lifeless in Seoul on Wednesday. He was 48.
Mr. Lee had lately been below police investigation on suspicion of unlawful drug use, and he denied the accusations. The police mentioned they have been investigating the dying as a suicide.
The police discovered Mr. Lee’s physique in a parked automobile in central Seoul at simply earlier than 11 a.m., in response to a spokesman at Seongbuk Police Station, the district station in Seoul that’s investigating his dying. They discovered the physique after he had been reported lacking earlier within the day.
Mr. Lee was finest recognized internationally for his efficiency in “Parasite,” a 2019 thriller by which he performed the pinnacle of a rich household in whose home a lot of the film takes place. That movie received 4 awards on the Academy Awards in 2020, together with for best picture, the primary non-English film to win the award.
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