South Korean actor Lee Sang-bo was found dead at age 45 at his home in the city of Pyeongtaek. The body was found by his family at noon on Friday the 27th, confirmed the Gyeonggi Pyeongtaek police.
They are still determining the causes of his death. “We are currently analyzing the situation,” his agency stated, Korea Management Group (KMG), in the first instance. Police found no signs of criminal activity.
KMG later issued an official statement stating: «We kindly ask for your understanding as the cause of death cannot be revealed at the request of the grieving family (…) We respectfully decline interviews and visits to protect the grieving family, so we ask for your cooperation.»
Lee Sang-bo was a 45-year-old South Korean-born actor famous for participating in K-dramaslike Invisible Man Choi Jang-soo, The Man Who Lives by Dying y Miss Monte Cristo.
In September 2022 he was accused of drug consumptionbut it was finally discovered that it had been a misunderstanding due to a psychiatric medication he was taking. Although he tested negative in a toxicology test at the hospital, at home he had tested positive for morphine in a preliminary drug test.
The complaint marked his career forever. Since then, according to what he himself said in a post on Instagram, he was known as “the drug addict actor.”
«When I reconsidered, I found myself being called a ‘drug-addicted actor’. I never used drugs. The stigma of being a ‘drug-addicted actor’ is a very difficult mark to bear, not only as an actor, but as a person,» he wrote on Instagram, where he also clarified that before becoming an actor he had «many difficulties as a person.»
Asked about the incident on a radio show, Lee said: “I tried to take some time to sort out my feelings as a sense of injustice came over me, but it wasn’t easy”.
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