Heart attack dead in emergency room...King of trot Song Dae-gwan left in vain with one ticket left

By Jeeyoung, Jo

Feb 07, 2025

Heart attack dead in emergency room...King of trot Song Dae-gwan left in vain with one ticket left



Song Dae-gwan, a singer who received national love for his performance of "Trot Four Grand Heaven King" died in vain. He was 79.

Song Dae-gwan died of a heart attack at around 10 a.m. on the 7th while receiving treatment in the emergency room of Seoul National University Hospital.

According to the music industry, Song Dae-gwan had a chronic disease and performed surgery three times, but was struggling with slow improvement.




In particular, the deceased visited the emergency room of Seoul National University Hospital on the 6th due to sudden poor condition and continued treatment, but he couldn't get up and closed his eyes. The mortuary will be set up at the funeral hall of Seoul National University Hospital.

Song Dae-gwan, who was born in June 1946, debuted in 1967 with 'A Kind Man' and was reborn as a 'national singer' after receiving a lot of love in 1975 with 'Sunset Day'. The deceased, who introduced his own music to the world with his unique Jeolla dialect and tone, suddenly stopped his activities when he left the country in the 1980s.

Heart attack dead in emergency room...King of trot Song Dae-gwan left in vain with one ticket left
He made his comeback to the music industry in 1989 with 'I'm Alone', and later became the trot king along with Tae Jin-ah, Hyun-cheol, and Seol Woon-do, with hits such as 'Because of Love'A Loud Sound Puff'Hometown Report'4 Beat'Four Beat'. In particular, Tae Jin-ah and Tae Jin-ah showed off their bickering chemistry as a perennial kkangbu and rival in the music industry, giving a lot of laughter.




In addition to his singing career, Song Dae-gwan said KBS2 drama `Princess is Back' which aired in 2009Starting with ', he appeared in SBS 'Ingenious' in 2011 and TV Chosun 'Welcome to Healing Town' in 2012.

Song Dae-gwan, who showed off his robustness by appearing in the episode of KBS1 'National Singing Contest' in Seongdong-gu, Seoul, which aired on the 12th of last month. He also attended the Dangjin episode of 『National Singing Contest』 scheduled to air on the 16th as an invited singer, making it the last broadcast of the unfortunate deceased.






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