‘Yangji of a young man’ Lee Ji-eun died at home… Living alone after enlisting son

In the 1990s, popular actor Lee Ji-eun passed away. 50 years old. According to the police on the 9th, Lee was found dead at his home in Jung-gu, Seoul, around 8 pm the previous day. The police, who were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report that Mr. Lee was not contacted, will find out the exact cause of death through an autopsy after discussion with the bereaved, as no will or traces of death were found.

Lee Ji-eun debuted as a model on SBS’Good Morning’ in 1994. That year, he started his career as an actor while playing the opposite role of Minjong Kim in the KBS2 drama’Impression’. At the time, it attracted attention for its unusual fashion and makeup. He was fluent in Japanese and was misunderstood as a Japanese, but when it became known that he graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Hosei University, it became more popular.

In 1995, KBS2’s’Yangji of the Younger’ showed off her neutral charm by playing the role of a male and female pickpocketer. Except for Ha Hee-ra, most of the leading actors, such as Lee Jong-won, Bae Yong-jun, Park Sang-ah, and Jeon Jeon, were rookies, but all the characters gained popularity evenly, recording an audience rating of 62.7%. At that time, top stars Kim Hee-ae, Kim Hye-soo, and Lee Young-ae took over with MBC’s’Love and Marriage’.

He began to stand out as an actor by sweeping the newcomer awards at the big film festivals such as the Blue Dragon and Dae Jong Awards with the movie’Kum Hong Ah Geum Hong Ah’ (1995). Kim Gap-soo as a genius poet Lee Sang and Kim Soo-cheol as Koo Bon-woong as a genius poet, and Kim Soo-cheol as a painter, were well received for taking the role of Gisaeng Geum-hong in a historical drama. He was recognized for his acting skills by showing off-the-shelf acting in Kim Ki-duk’s movie’The Blue Gate’ (1998).

In 2000, when he married a venture businessman Jin-Sung Lee, he stopped working with KBS2’Haesin’ (2004). Jin-Sung Lee was the first-generation venture leader who started out as a treasure hunt for an internet advertisement site in 1998, but left with the collapse of the bubble. The two also entered the children’s beauty salon business in 2003. It is known that Lee Ji-eun has been living alone after his son enlisted.

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