SHINee Singer, K-Pop Star Jonghyun Dead at 27 of Possible Suicide
SHINee lead singer and K-Pop star Kim Jong-hyun, better known by his stage name Jonghyun, died Monday evening in what police are investigating as a possible suicide. He was 27.
According to the Associated Press, Kim was found unconscious at a resident hotel in Seoul and was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Police had rushed to the scene following an emergency call from his sister, who told them she had received a series of troubling texts from her famous brother.
“Please let me go. Tell me I did well. Final farewell,” the texts read, according to the Yonhap news agency.
The agency also noted that authorities found burned coal briquettes, which produce carbon monoxide, in a frying pan in Kim’s hotel room.
In a statement released by SM Entertainment, the entertainment company behind SHINee and numerous other successful K-Pop bands, the record label called for privacy for Kim’s family.
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