Choi Jin-young

Choi Jin-young (; November 17, 1970

Personal life When Choi Jin-sil committed suicide on October 2, 2008, photos of Choi in tears clutching his sister's picture shook the nation, and fans wept with him as he led her funeral procession. Acting upon his late sister's wishes to finish college, he belatedly enrolled in Hanyang University to study acting in 2009, and played Demetrius in a staging of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Suffering from depression after his sister's death, Choi canceled engagements for more than a year. Friends later said he made several suicide attempts and had his stomach pumped for a drug overdose in 2009. Refusing his mother's pleas that he see a doctor, Choi relied instead on nonprescription tranquilizers he bought from a pharmacy. In January 2010, Choi signed with a new agency, MCloud Entertainment, and announced plans on March 2 to resume activities in the first half of the year, but his approaching comeback added to his stress and he increasingly felt frustrated that he wasn't getting cast in any TV series.

Death On March 29, 2010, Choi hanged himself with an electrical cord in the attic of his apartment in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul. When Choi did not answer the phone, Chung alerted Choi's mother, and the two hurried to his home together. His body was found by his mother and a woman identified as Chung, who was his junior in college. They called the police and a 119 rescue squad around 2:14 pm. Choi was rushed to Gangnam Severance Hospital for CPR at 2:46 p.m. but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Choi's body was cremated and his ashes were buried next to his sister at the Kapsan Cemetery in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province.

Filmography

Television series 92 Whale Hunting (KBS2, 1992) Our Paradise 2 (MBC, 1993) Landscaping with My Wife (KBS2, 1996) City Men and Women (SBS, 1996) Power of Love (MBC, 1996) Drops (MBC, 1997) It's OK Because I Love You (KBS2, 2007)

Film Well, Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes (1990) You Know What? It's a Secret 2 (1991) Does the American Moon Rise Over Itaewon? (1991) Beyond the Mountain (1991) Teenage Love Song (1991) I Want to Live Just Until 20 Years Old (1992) A Distant and Distant Future (1995) Final Blow (1996) Open The Door To Youth (1996)

Theater A Midsummer Night's Dream (2009)

Discography Album informationTrack listingFinal Fantasy 1st Album Released: November 17, 1999 Label: Doremi Media / KT Music영원 II 2nd Album Released: November 12, 2001 Label: Wawa EntertainmentSky the 3rd 3rd Album Released: September 23, 2004 Label: Korean Association of Phonogram Producers

Awards 1991 Chunsa Film Art Awards: Best New Actor (Beyond the Mountain) 1999 SBS Gayo Daejeon: Rock Award 2000 Mnet Asian Music Awards: Best New Male Artist 2000 대한민국 영상음반대상: Best Newcomer 2000 Golden Disk Awards: Best Newcomer