Lee Soo-mi, Lee Kwang-soo Rest In Peace After Death While Fighting Lung CancerToday (2nd) the 4th anniversary of mourning
Sep 02, 2025
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According to the bereaved family and the music industry on September 2, 2021, Lee Soo-mi was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in December last year and died the previous day while battling the disease at Shinchon Severance Hospital in Seoul.
Lee Soo-mi, who debuted in 1969 with 'Even if You Goed', rose to the top star ranks when her 1972 song, 'When You Were a Girls' High School, became a hit song of the time.
He won the MBC Teenage Singer Award and the TBC 7th Singer Award in the year when he sang 'Girls' High School days', and was recognized as a 'national singer' in name and reality when he won the MBC Teenage Singer Award and the TBC Best Female Singer Award in five years.
In addition, the deceased was interested in protecting the rights and interests of singers and served as a director and auditor of the Korean Singers Association.
In addition, Lee Soo-mi did not lose her passion for singing in May, when she was battling the disease, releasing a new song 'On This Starry Night' (written by Ahn Sun-young, composed by Lee Dong-hoon, arranged by Choi Chun-ho).
In response, actor Lee Kwang-soo posted on his SNS, "Rest in peace."He also expressed his condolences by posting a photo cover of the album of the late singer Lee Soo-mi who sang 'When I was in high school' with a short text saying ".
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