Better
known as Jonghyun, Kim Jong-hyun's death was confirmed by his management company,
SM Entertainment, which said:
"We are sorry to share such heartbreaking
and tragic news... SHINee's Jonghyun left us suddenly."
Gangnam police said his death wasn't being investigated as suspicious and Jonghyun's family had not requested an autopsy.
Police
said Jonghyun's sister called them to the apartment about 6 p.m.
Monday, reportedly after receiving troubling text messages from him.
"Please let me go. Tell me I did well," and, "Final farewell," the star said in the messages, according to South Korean media.
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| Tearful fans gather at a mourning altar for Jonghyun at a hospital in Seoul on December 19, 2017. |
Jonghyun was rushed to a nearby
university hospital but was declared dead later that evening, SM
Entertainment said in the statement.
The
singer had a huge fan base as the lead singer of K-pop band SHINee. The
group, formed by SM Entertainment, shot to fame after the release of
their debut EP, Replay, in 2008.
Jonghyun was one of the most
talented and well-rounded artists in K-pop, said Paul Han, co-founder
of allkpop, a site for K-pop gossip and news, which has 10 million
monthly readers worldwide.
"He had a
wonderful voice and was so versatile and composed beautiful music. He
was an even better person and he will be forever missed. The world of
K-pop has lost one of its brightest stars," he said.
Earlier
this year, the group went on a world tour that took in the US and
released their fifth album, titled Five. Jonghyun had performed as a
solo artist as recently as this month.
In Seoul, fans paid their respects at
Asan Hospital Tuesday, ahead of a funeral which the family has requested
to be held "as quietly as possible," according to SM Entertainment.
"He
was full of emotions and a sensitive person. He must have had lots of
hardships but hid them and didn't show them to others, that must have
been the toughest part for him," said Jung Min-kyung, who joined
grieving fans in Seoul.
Two weeks before his death, Jonghyun
sent a 47-line text to his friend, Jang Hee-yeon, a fellow musician from
the band Dear Cloud, who goes by the name Nine9, with the request to
post it to social media "if he disappears from the world."
The message said: "I'm broken from inside. The blues that slowly ate at me has finally swallowed me whole. I couldn't overcome."
"I
hated myself. Holding on to disappearing memories and screaming at it
to wake up. There was no answer. If I can't breathe, it's better to
stop."
Nine9's manager confirmed to CNN she'd received the text and had permission from his family to release it.
A
post on SM Entertainment's social media page reads: "Jonghyun is the
best artist who loved music more than anyone else, enjoyed the stage,
and loved to communicate with fans through his music. We will always
remember you."
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