Hana Yori Dango Actress Commits Suicide
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 9, 2009 10:02 JST
- Tags: Actress, Celebrities, Hana Yori Dango, Idol, Korea, Suicide, TV
Rising actress Jang Ja-yeon, who was currently starring in the Korean drama adaptation of Hana Yori Dango (Boys over Flowers), was recently found to have committed suicide at her home in Bundang, Gyeonggi Province.
Jang’s death marks the third celebrity suicide to hit the Korean entertainment industry in the past 6 months.
Police said that the 27-year-old actress apparently hanged herself from a stairway railing and was discovered by her sister.
The Korean entertainment business is known to be tough on its stars.
Internet-based personal attacks have been particularly nasty. Rabid Korean netizens figured prominently in fueling the suicide of actress Choi Jin-sil last October.
Jang had been suffering from depression and had undergone medical treatment for it during the past year. Jang was also known to have had trouble with her current management agency. The actress had complained about the overwhelming stress to her sister during a phone call earlier that afternoon.
Jang’s suicide is a tragic end to her rising stardom. After her public debut in 2006 in a TV commercial, Jang rose to stardom playing Sunny, one of the three mean girls in Boys over Flowers. With two upcoming movies this year, Jang was poised for a breakthrough year.
Via Korea Times.
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this is pretty sad :/ one of my friends is fan of her
*sigh* I fail to see how a bunch of rude comments coming from the internet could possibly fuel a suicide...
So how stressful is an actress's life anyways...
We all think that, but for someone who's battling clinical depression... even small things can be taken too seriously.
>>So how stressful is an actress’s life anyways…
Pretty damn stressful, actually.
It's not just the internet. In Korea, this shit spills into real life- fans of one person will actually attack other celebrities if they think there's been some insult, or if they feel betrayed (eg a male singer getting a girlfriend causes all the female fans to go nuts and attack them).
she was used as a sex slave during the filming guys..... its horrible. disgusting.
Humans is so fragile...
Was there a fan on in the room? I'm thinking this was most likely fan death and not suicide.
seriously upset that I lol'd
OH SHI-, I'm so angry and outraged that I LOL'd.
Another Darwin Award winner in the making.
Gotta love natural selection.
i think this has less to do with her than it does with producers and tallent agents atleast with this one. some deserve an award some dont thats all im saying now.
another proof that beauty is not a sure fire way to prolong your gene pool....
amen
And masturbating to cartoons and hiding from real women I suppose is an excellent way of propagating the species?
No, but it sure is a step in the right direction in addressing the overpopulation problem.
Nonsense. Resources are still being wasted. The culling should go faster.
Uhmm 3 in 6 months? maybe it's some serial killer with good precautions to avoid being discovered!
They should call CSI... :P
What if someone has a Death Note? Better call L.
That would be scary, beside why target Korean actors and actresses ?
cuz In this world Light is Korean and he frikin hates dramas?
Finally I can sympathize with Light's goals.
Amen to that.
Why waste it on her?...she's HOT!. My sympathys and prayers go out to her & fans. She looks lovely - what a shame.
I was replying to the "Death Note" comment BTW. - Not making jokes about her death.
you're a bunch of assholes. someone just died, show some respect
people die, it's just natural thing... why bother? you don't even know her close
go die in a fire
Oh hey, did you know that approximately 30 people have died in the time you took to read this comment? Show some respect for them, man. Jeez, what kind of horrible person are you, going on with your life like that while other people are dying.
boo fucking hoo
I'm glad that slutbucket is dead. Like some cock sucking whore in POP CULTURE would know how hard life is for normal people. We spend our days working for shit-tastic wages and many of us aren't attractive enough to get a relationship.
GO RIDDANCE
Go kill yourself, prick.
Sorry, I can't hear you with popcultures dick in your mouth.
LOL. You're as good as trash.
I'm not even a fan of K/J-Drama, let alone of the pop culture.
But you are a fucking idiot for finding joy from someone's driven into suicide, it is a fucking life.
And wait, you can't "hear" someone talking in the internet? Should I even attempt a remark here, or just leave it to your idiocy.
GO RIDDANCE?
And it's always sad to hear of a suicide. The conditions of the Korean entertainment industry look like they need some investigating...
It sounds as if you are poorly-adapted to your environment. Maybe they should give you a Darwin Award instead. Perhaps a special Lifetime Unachievement award.
Obvious troll is obvious.
i bet your parents and your grandparents sucked the most too because their child(that's you whoever you are Anonymous)grow up to be a sucky daft prick.
If only more celebritys in america would kill themselves
Tom Cruise would be a good start. Followed by John Travolta.
YES PLEASE!!!!
i lol'd.
Kevin Federline.
.........and Lindsay Lohan.
lindsay puhhhlease!
fucking bitch/whore and still getting rich in the process ack!
Paris Hilton, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin and Agnes Chan is listed in my "please become an heroine" list.
At least she chose a respectable way to kill herself: hanging. Pills and wrist-slitting are for little bitches and emos.
usually people who are scared of dying do that.
I hate stories of suicide, so beautiful yet so troubled. RIP Jang.
Atleast we can fuck the body
haha you're beyond disgusting. Are you why people commit suicide?