Okay-Pop Star Wheesung
Suffered Cardiac Arrest ….
After Potential 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 loss of life was drug-related.
The physique of the singer-songwriter was found inside his residence final night by Fireplace Division officers after he went into cardiac arrest, in response to the New York Instances.
The newspaper mentioned Wheesung — whose actual identify was Choi Whee-sung — had a historical past of drug abuse — and investigators with the Seoul Gwangjin Police Station had been trying into the likelihood he overdosed.
Wheesung launched his music profession in 2002 with the discharge of his in style document, “Like a Movie,” 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 mistaken flip in 2021 after he was convicted of buying and utilizing the highly effective sedative often known as Propofol.
Wheesung was given a suspended, one-year jail sentence below the caveat he wouldn’t commit one other crime, in response to the NYT. He was additionally ordered to pay a nice of $41,000 and enter a drug therapy program.
Wheesung was 43.
RIP
