Okay-Pop Star Wheesung
Suffered Cardiac Arrest ….
After Doable Drug OD
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South Korean Okay-Pop star Wheesung was reportedly discovered lifeless inside his residence on Monday — and police are investigating whether or not his demise was drug-related.
The physique of the singer-songwriter was found inside his house final night by Hearth Division officers after he went into cardiac arrest, in response to the New York Times.
The newspaper stated Wheesung — whose actual title was Choi Whee-sung — had a historical past of drug abuse — and investigators with the Seoul Gwangjin Police Station have been trying into the likelihood he overdosed.
Wheesung launched his music profession in 2002 with the discharge of his well-liked document, “Like a Film,” which gained a number of awards that yr.
He went on to document over a dozen albums whereas penning songs for a few of South Korea’s greatest Okay-Pop bands, particularly Twice and Tremendous Junior. He additionally landed elements in musicals, taking part in the roles of Zorro and Elvis Presley.
However, his profession reportedly took a incorrect flip in 2021 after he was convicted of buying and utilizing the highly effective sedative generally known as Propofol.
Wheesung was given a suspended, one-year jail sentence beneath the caveat he wouldn’t commit one other crime, in response to the NYT. He was additionally ordered to pay a positive of $41,000 and enter a drug therapy program.
Wheesung was 43.
RIP
