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October 2, 2008 by coolsmurf

I am just shocked to see this headline. My first-ever Korean drama was “Wish Upon A Star” starring her, Ahn Jae Wook and Cha In Pyo. But she’s gone now.

Choi Jin Shil was found to have commited suicide in her home in Seocho, Seoul. According to the police, her body was found this morning in her bathroom at 6.15am. “We received word of her suicide and went to verify it. Her death was confirmed at 7.38am,” said the police. It was revealed by another police officer that her mother had called the police after discovering that she had hanged herself with an elastic band tied to the shower stall in the bathroom.

According to the Seocho police at a press conference this afternoon, Choi Jin Shil had entered the bathroom late last night and locked herself in. Her mother asked for her to open the door but Choi said nothing was wrong and asked her to turn in first. Her mother proceeded like usual and slept at 0.30am in her grandchildren’s room. She woke up at around 4 in the morning and realized something was amiss when seeing how neat and proper Choi Jin Shil’s bed was. She realized that the bathroom was still locked and knocked on it for the next 35 minutes without a reply. She called for the locksmith who came around 6 and prised the door open, finding Choi Jin Shil hanging from the shower stall. Choi’s mother notified her sons immediately who then called 119.

The police also revealed the possible last words that she had, “Choi’s make-up artist received a text message from her at 12.45am. She wrote ‘my friend, I am sorry, if something happens to me, please take care of my kids’. Her words hinting at the eventual path that she took a few hours later.”

She is likely to have been pushed over the edge over the fact that she had a hand to play in Ahn Jae Hwan’s death who committed suicide last month by lending him 2.5M USD. But she had alleged that it was a malicious rumor and had threatened legal action. The final straw came when she was invited to Seocho police station for an interview for any possible involvement.

“Although it was a routine procedure, but she must have felt that her reputation went down the drain and was a big blow to her,” her management explained. Her co-star Sohn Hyun Joo had been filming a CF with Choi Jin Shil yesterday and expressed, “She looked really weary when she appeared. Her face looked really bad and we had to stop after 2 hours because she found it difficult.”

She leaves behind a 7-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter whom she had won custody of after her lengthy and ugly divorce with her ex-husband and baseball player Cho Sung Min in 2004. My condolences to her family members.

Rest in Peace, Choi Jin Shil.

韓星崔真實在家上吊自殺　震驚韓國
2008/10/2
韓國女星崔真實今天在韓國時間上午六點十五分於首爾自宅浴室被發現上吊身亡，震驚韓國娛樂界。

39歲的崔真實曾主演韓劇《玫瑰人生》、《壞女人好女人》，獲得一片好評，在台灣也有不錯的收視率。而她在韓國演藝圈人緣不錯，她身亡的消息一傳出，「崔真實幫」的成員立刻陷入慌亂，好友李英子、洪真慶和崔化精都趕去崔家了解情況，並不願對外發表意見。

崔化精的經紀人表示她們接到噩耗後都非常錯愕與傷心，與崔真實一起主持節目的工作人員也紛紛表示哀悼之意。據聞崔真實自殺前曾傳簡訊給髮妝師好友，希望對方能幫忙照顧她的一雙兒女。

崔真實的好友安正煥上個月也是用自殺結束自己的生命，網路上盛傳安正煥自殺的原因與她脫離不了關係，導致崔真實背負龐大的輿論壓力。雖然昨天韓國警方已逮捕造謠的證券公司女員工，並移送法辦，但此事已經對崔真實造成嚴重傷害。身為單親媽媽的她，獨立撫養兒女且患有憂鬱症，之前曾接受治療。