Park Ji-sun

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Park Ji-sun
Park in 2014
Born	(1984-11-03)November 3, 1984 Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea
Died	November 2, 2020(2020-11-02) (aged 35) Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
Resting place	Incheon Family Park
Comedy career
Years active	2007–2020
Genres	Comedy
Notable works and roles	KBS Gag Concert KBS You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS Star Golden Bell KBS Happy Together
Korean name
Hangul	박지선
Revised Romanization	Bak Ji-seon
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chisŏn

Park Ji-sun (Korean: 박지선; 3 November 1984 – 2 November 2020) was a South Korean comedian and actress.

Biography[]

Park was born on 3 November 1984 in Bupyeong District, Incheon.^[1] She attended from Korea University before deciding to become a comedian.^[2] She debuted in 2007 through Korean Broadcasting System's 22nd open recruitment term for comedians.^[3] She made her first appearance in the comedy sketch segment of Gag Concert called "Gag Warrior 300" which brought her to public attention^[4] and won the Newcomer Award at the KBS Entertainment Awards in 2007.^[5]

Park had a chronic skin condition and a sunlight allergy.^[6][7] She also had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition and had told a journalist during a phone call on October 23, 2020 that she was going to have surgery and focus on recovering in November.^[8]

Park died on 2 November 2020, aged 35. Park's father called the police as he could not get in touch with her or her mother, as they were not answering their phones.^[9] Park and her mother were found deceased in Park's Seoul home by police.^[9][10] A one-page note presumed to be written by Park's mother was left behind.^[10] Due to the family's request, the contents of the note have not been publicly released and no autopsy will be performed.^[10] But according to Yonhap News Agency, the note said that Park’s mother was not able to let her daughter suffer alone because of her illness.^[11] The cause of death has not been disclosed, although police suspect it was a suicide as there was no evidence of foul play.^[10]

Park’s funeral service was initially set to take place at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital at 5 p.m. 5 November, but was moved up to 11 a.m. of the same day.^[12] Park was also originally to be taken to Byeokjae Crematorium in Goyang, Gyeonggi, but Park and her mother will be taken to Incheon Family Park after the funeral service.^[13][12]

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