South Korean pop singer and actress Heo Yun was found dead in her apartment Sunday morning (Jan 21), an apparent suicide, local police announced. Police said the 25-year-old singer was found by her grandmother hanged in her Incheon apartment.
Heo, who went by the stage names U;Nee and Lee Hye-ryeon, was about to release her third album, 'Honey,' on the Synnara Music label later this month. She made her debut as an actress in 1996 in a television drama, and her first album was released in 2003.
Looking back on her career, Heo was known for her sexually provocative image throughout her short music career. Due to declining music industry in Korea, her record label decided that album sales alone was not enough to produce profit, and chose to market her as a sexy singer.
Heo, who was soft-spoken and reserved in real life, found this difficult to bear.
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