Singer Takes Own Life
By Park Si-soo
Staff Reporter
A Korean trot singer was found dead in an apparent suicide, police said Thursday. This is the second entertainer to take their life in March alone following the suicide of actress Jang Ja-yeon last Saturday, and the third this year.
Goyang Police Station said singer Lee Chang-yong was found dead at 3:45 p.m. at his apartment in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province. He was 38.
His girlfriend reported it to the police. A suicide note was found at the scene, police said. ``The note shows the late Lee suffered from snowballing debts,'' a police officer said, adding a recent business failure may be behind the suicide.
He made his debut in 1992 after winning the grand prize at a singing competition. His funeral service is to be held on Saturday at Inje University Paik Hospital in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.