World star Kang Soo-yeon suddenly dies at 56 years old..the third anniversary of one's death

By GyeEun, Lee

May 07, 2025

World star Kang Soo-yeon suddenly dies at 56 years old..the third anniversary of one's death



It's already been three years since the late actor Kang Soo-yeon passed away.

Kang Soo-yeon passed away on May 7, 2022. He was 56. The deceased was found in cardiac arrest at his home in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and was taken to a hospital, but he closed his eyes three days later.

The story of Kang Soo-yeon's sudden death was also revealed through KBS2 medical storytelling entertainment program "Secrets of a Celeb Soldier", which aired last month. Kang Soo-yeon complained of a headache before her death and fell asleep after vomiting. The family was relieved to see them snoring, but it suddenly led to their deaths. At the time of examining Kang Soo-yeon, who was brought to the emergency room, the doctor cited the cause of death as 'cerebral hemorrhage due to ruptured brain aneurysms'. Dr. Lee Nak-jun, the cast member, said "My family provided me with a medical examination result sheet, and I was in good health with no signs of cerebral hemorrhage. Brain aneurysms have no symptoms, so they are called a 'time bomb in the head.'"




Kang Soo-yeon was born in 1966 and debuted as a child actor in 1969 at the young age of three, and worked in the film industry for about 50 years. He emerged as a youth star through the films 'Sesame Salt and Oktaeme' and the drama 'High School Student Diary' and after becoming an adult actor, he won the Best Female Popularity Award and the Best Actress Award at the Daejong Film Festival 'We're Going to Geneva Now'. In particular, he won the Best Actress Award at the Venice International Film Festival in 1987 for director Lim Kwon-taek's film `Seedbaby' and became the first Korean actor to win three world film festivals. He became a world star in 1989 when he won the Best Actress Award at the Moscow Film Festival for his work "Aze Aze Bharaj".

World star Kang Soo-yeon suddenly dies at 56 years old..the third anniversary of one's death
He played independent women through the films 'Go Alone Like the Horn of a Muso' and 'Dinner of the Maids' Dinner' and gained huge popularity in 2001 by attracting up to 35.4 percent of viewership in the drama 'The Woman's Heaven'. Since 2015, he has worked as a co-executive chairman and executive chairman of the Busan International Film Festival and worked hard for the film industry, and tried to return to director Yeon Sang-ho's Netflix film 'Jeongi' in 2022, but he suddenly passed away, making it a posthumous work. Kang Soo-yeon, the big star in the movie industry who lost too early. Many people still remember and miss it.

Meanwhile, Kang Soo-yeon was put to sleep at Yongin Memorial Park in Gyeonggi Province.






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