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Fri, August 12, 2022 | 18:52
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World's oldest TV music talent show host Song Hae dies at 95
세계 최고령 음악 예능 진행자 송해, 95세로 별세
Posted : 2022-06-09 13:48
Updated : 2022-06-13 10:52
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Veteran entertainer and emcee Song Hae died Wednesday at the age of 95. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Veteran entertainer and emcee Song Hae died Wednesday at the age of 95. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

By Park Han-sol

Veteran entertainer Song Hae, whose signature voice as emcee of KBS' "National Singing Contest" made him an icon of Korean television, died Wednesday. He was 95.
수요일 KBS ‘전국노래자랑' MC로 활약한 베테랑 방송인 송해가 별세했다. 향년 95세다.


He passed away in the morning at his residence in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, according to police and medical officials.
경찰과 의료계에 따르면 송해는 이날 오전 서울 강남구 자택에서 숨졌다.


Born in 1927 in South Hwanghae Province in present-day North Korea, Song, whose real name was Song Bok-hee, got separated from his family during the 1950-1953 Korean War as he fled to the South. At the age of 25, he joined the Changgong musical troupe, where he learned how to sing, act and emcee and launched his career as a versatile entertainer.
송해(본명 송복희)는 1927년 현재의 북한 황해도 출신으로 1950-1953년 한국전쟁 중에 가족과 헤어지고 월남했다. 25세에 창공악극단에 입단해 노래, 연기, MC를 배우며 다재다능한 방송인으로서 경력을 시작했다.


He worked as a comedian, actor and radio DJ throughout his career, but it was "National Singing Contest," which he joined as a host at age 60 that marked a watershed in his life.
평생 개그맨, 배우, 라디오 DJ로 일했지만 그의 인생에 분수령이 된 사건은 단연 60세에 사회자로 참가한 '전국노래자랑'이었다.


In fact, the 95-year-old's name has been synonymous with KBS' outdoor national singing competition, which has been hosted by Song for 34 years since 1988.
사실 95세 송해의 이름과 1988년부터 34년 동안 진행된 KBS의 야외 전국노래대회는 동일선 상에서 인식되어 왔다.


In April, he was recognized as the world's "oldest TV music talent show host" by Guinness World Records.
지난 4월 송해는 ‘최고령 TV 음악 경연 프로그램 진행자'로 인정받아 기네스북 세계기록에 등재되기도 했다.


One memorable edition of the competition for the North Korean-born entertainer was the one held in Pyongyang on Aug. 11, 2003. "I said, 'Now we are closing the Pyongyang singing contest. Goodbye everyone. Let's meet when the (two Koreas are) unified,' and the audience cheered and applauded. I was so satisfied that I felt I had the world's best show," he once said in a media interview.
이 북한 출신 방송인에게는 2003년 8월 11일 평양에서 열린 경연 대회가 가장 기억에 남았다. 송해는 한 매체와의 인터뷰에서 "‘이제 평양 노래자랑을 마무리하려고 한다. 모두들 잘 계시라. 한반도가 통일되면 다시 만나자'라고 말하자 관중이 박수 치며 환호했다. 세계 최고의 쇼를 한 것 같은 기분이었고 아주 만족스러웠다"고 언급했다.


While the singing contest was scheduled to resume touring across the country this month after more than two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Song had previously expressed his intention to leave the show, citing his deteriorating health.
코로나19로 2년 넘게 중단됐던 전국노래자랑이 이달부터 전국 순회 녹화를 재개할 예정이었으나 송해는 건강 악화를 이유로 이전에 이미 하차 의사를 밝힌 바 있다.

KEY WORDS
■ signature 특징
■ emcee (공식 행사의) 사회자
■ icon 우상[아이콘]
■ troupe 공연단, 극단
■ versatile 다재다능한
■ watershed (중요한 변화를 나타내는) 분수령
■ unify 통합[통일]하다
■ cite (이유를) 들다
■ deteriorate 악화되다

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