The late singer Wheesung has passed away. He was 43 years old.

On the morning of the 16th, Wheesung‘s funeral and burial ceremony were held at the Samsung Seoul Hospital funeral hall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. Around 100 fans, along with fellow entertainers including Mighty Mouth Chuplex (Sangchu), Ha Dong-gyun, and Kim Na-woon, attended the funeral.

Chuplex introduced the deceased’s career, saying, “He was a representative R&B singer of South Korea who left behind many hit songs and was loved for his numerous songwriting and composition activities,” and reminisced, “He was a person who knew nothing but music, and music was everything to him.”

Kim Na-woon said, “There are a lot of bad stories on the Internet,” and added, “Please think of him as my younger sibling, my older brother, my family, and please refrain from posting ugly content. If each and every one of you steps forward and protects him, Wheesung will forever be remembered as a great artist to us.”

Wheesung‘s younger brother Choi Hyuk-sung said, “When I see the fans and my brother’s colleagues who visited him without rest for two days, I feel that my brother was a person who received and gave a lot of love.” He also mourned, saying, “The physical life of the man Choi Wheesung has ended, but I think the music and spiritual life of the singer Wheesung will live on forever.”

The fan club president gave a eulogy, and the fans sang ‘The Day We Met Again’ to bid farewell to the deceased.


Wheesung was found in cardiac arrest at his home in Seoul on the 10th and was pronounced dead. The police are investigating the specific cause of death.

Wheesung‘s sudden death also shocked his fans. This is because he was scheduled to hold a joint concert ‘The Story’ with singer KCM at Daegu EXCO Auditorium on March 15th, and was scheduled to perform on stage for a solo concert ‘White Day Concert’ at Gwangju Chosun University Haeo-reum Hall on the 23rd. In the end, the joint concert with KCM was canceled, and KCM and his agency A2Z Entertainment also expressed their regret.

Wheesung debuted in 2002 with his first album ‘Like a Movie’ and received much love for the title song ‘Can’t I?’. Since then, he has established himself as a representative singer of the R&B genre with hit songs such as ‘I Thought About Marriage’, ‘Love is Delicious’, ‘Incurable Disease’, and ‘With Me’.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com Reporter jhj@donga.com

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