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Lee Ji-eun

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March 8, 2021

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Lee Ji-eun, 49, South Korean actress (Emperor of the Sea), heart attack.

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Lee Ji-eun (Korean: 이지은; 28 August 1971 – 8 March 2021) was a South Korean former actress and model, mainly active during the 1990s. She was known for playing Cho Hyun-ji in the KBS2 weekend soap opera A Sunny Place of the Young [ko], as well as Emperor of the Sea. Born in 1971, she debuted into the showbusiness in 1994 when she modelled for a program called Good Morning on SBS. She received the 1995 Blue Dragon Film Award for Best New Actress for her performance in the film, My Dear Keum-hong [ko].

Lee was found dead in her home in Seoul on 8 March 2021. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death to be a myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack.

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