Okay-Pop Star Wheesung
Suffered Cardiac Arrest ….
After Doable Drug OD
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South Korean Okay-Pop star Wheesung was reportedly discovered useless 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 Hearth Division officers after he went into cardiac arrest, based on the New York Instances.
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 wanting into the likelihood he overdosed.
Wheesung launched his music profession in 2002 with the discharge of his in style file, “Like a Film,” which received a number of awards that yr.
He went on to file over a dozen albums whereas penning songs for a few of South Korea’s largest Okay-Pop bands, particularly Twice and Tremendous Junior. He additionally landed elements in musicals, enjoying 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 underneath the caveat he wouldn’t commit one other crime, based on the NYT. He was additionally ordered to pay a nice of $41,000 and enter a drug remedy program.
Wheesung was 43.
RIP
