{"id":70668,"date":"2021-01-26T02:13:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T02:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=70668"},"modified":"2021-01-26T02:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T02:13:40","slug":"south-korean-model-actress-song-yoo-jung-dead-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=70668","title":{"rendered":"South Korean model and actress, Song Yoo Jung, dead at 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korean actress and model Song Yoo Jung died over the weekend, reports said Monday.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old star died on Saturday and was laid to rest during a quiet, private funeral, her management company Sublime Artist Agency\u00a0confirmed to Newsweek.<\/p>\n

\u201cActress Song Yoo Jung departed this life on January 23, 2021. In accordance with the wishes of her family, the funeral was held quietly and the funeral procession takes place on January 25,\u201d the agency wrote in the statement, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSong Yoo Jung was a friend of ours who always gave us joy with her bright smile, and she was a wonderful actress who acted with heated passion. Please pray for the repose of her soul so that she may rest in peace in a warm place.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funeral was held at a branch of the Seoul Medical Center in the capital\u2019s Gangnam district, the outlet reported, citing Yonhap News.<\/p>\n

Another local outlet, yclick.co.kr, said the woman\u2019s cause of death could not be revealed, Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to know exactly what kind of worries she had,\u201d an unnamed close friend of Jung told Osen, according to Newsweek.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt had been quite a while since she debuted in the entertainment industry and she worried that she didn\u2019t get to properly shine in the spotlight of it. She also previously talked about her difficulties in life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Jung, who\u2019d appeared in a number of Korean dramas and was also featured in a music video for the K-pop group iKON, spoke to local media in 2019 about the challenges she faced with acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to do my best given the situation I was in,\u201d Jung told yclick.co.kr at the time, according to Newsweek.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this waiting period was necessary for me as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jung made her debut on the big screen when she appeared in Golden Rainbow in 2013, the outlet reported. She has since appeared in Tell Me Your Wish in 2014, School 2017 in 2017 and the online series To My Name in 2019. She has also been featured in advertisements for home appliances, coffee and cosmetics and\u00a0her Instagram includes<\/a>\u00a0dozens of modeling photos.<\/p>\n

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