Is Korean actor Kim Jonghyun dead?

Recently, Korean media broke the news that Kim Jonghyun, a member of SM's idol group SHINee, committed suicide. He just celebrated his 27th birthday not long ago. The police have determined that Kim Jonghyun died by burning charcoal at home. He was sent to the hospital and died after treatment failed. The cause of suicide may be related to long-term depression. Let’s learn more about the death of Korean actor Kim Jong-hyun? What was the reason for Kim Jonghyun's death? He once revealed that he was in debt?

Kim Jonghyun was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1990. He is a South Korean male singer, host, and a member of the male singing group SHINee. In 2005, he participated in the audition of South Korea's SM Entertainment Co., Ltd. and became its trainee. In 2007, he went to Beijing, China to study Chinese. On May 25, 2008, Kim Jonghyun officially debuted as a singing group SHINee with Lee Jin Ki, Kim Ki Bum, Choi Min Ho, and Lee Taemin. Kim Jonghyun is a singer-songwriter who has written songs for EXO and sang the original soundtrack for the Korean drama "City Hunter". He is the lead singer of SHINee. Kim Jonghyun is a person with great musical dreams. He released an album on his own in 2015 and has been seeking breakthroughs in music. Friends around him revealed that Kim Jonghyun has been working hard to make music, but he has not been recognized by the people around him. He feels that every day I was trapped. I was in constant pain. I was under extreme mental stress for a long time, and I had to rely on sleeping pills for a long time to fall asleep.

SHINee is the only group under SM that has not had any members quit or disband. It has won the Korean Golden Disc Newcomer Group Award, the Korean Golden Disk Disc Award, and the MAMA Asian Music Awards for Best Dance Performance Male Group. Award and other industry awards, and was shortlisted for eighth place on Forbes Korean Celebrity List in 2014.

Kim Jonghyun has outstanding singing skills as the lead singer of SHINee. He has sung OSTs for the TV series "City Hunter" and "The King's Dream", released a solo album, and was voted the second best singer among Korean male idols. name.

After the news of Kim Jong-hyun’s death was made public, friends in the Korean entertainment industry sent messages of condolences. Korean media broke the news that before Kim Jong-hyun committed suicide, he also attended the concert of his seniors. At that time, he did not see anything strange at all.

Jonghyun’s sister reported the case at about 4:42 pm Korean time, saying that Jonghyun seemed to have committed suicide. At 6pm, the police found Jonghyun in a coma at his residence in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam. Although He was rushed to the hospital but died during transportation.

Korean media broke the news that Kim Jong-hyun had signed an organ donation agreement before his death. After his death, his organs will be donated to people in need free of charge. In the text message he sent to his sister before his death, he said that it had been really hard up to now. Please send me away. Saying thank you for your hard work is my last greeting.

When Jonghyun was on the show in the early years, he once said that he started composing lyrics and music just to save money. He could not expect to make money as a singer. He thought that the unstable income of an artist was very worrying, and he and the members When Taemin was on the show, he also confided that he could not find a way to happiness. Although he is a star, he is under greater pressure than ordinary people. He is faced with being eliminated at any time, so he constantly seeks breakthroughs, but in the end he traps himself and chooses to commit suicide.

When Jonghyun participated in the show in the early years, SHINee answered the questions raised by fans. When asked what his recent treasure No. 2 is, Jonghyun replied: The sofa my mother bought with my card without telling me, I need to work hard to repay the money in 10 monthly installments. It sparked laughter. This should be the reason for the debt-ridden news that broke out on the Internet!