{"id":1827,"date":"2025-03-11T07:02:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T08:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:35:14","slug":"k-pop-singer-wheesung-found-dead-at-home-aged-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/k-pop-singer-wheesung-found-dead-at-home-aged-43\/","title":{"rendered":"K-pop singer Wheesung found dead at home aged 43"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K-pop singer Wheesung has been found dead at home aged 43 (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

South Korean singer Wheesung has been found dead at his home in Seoul<\/strong> at the age of 43.<\/p>\n

The singer, real name Choi Whee-sung, was found in a state of a cardiac arrest with authorities saying a “significant amount of time” had passed before his body had been found.<\/p>\n

They added that there were no signs of foul play at the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtist Wheesung has left us,\u201d his management agency Tajoy Entertainment confirmed, describing their staff and colleagues as being \u201cin deep sorrow\u201d over the death.<\/p>\n

According to local media, the singer was found unconscious in his apartment on Monday night by emergency responders after his mother called for help.<\/p>\n

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The singer had been scheduled to hold a concert alongside artist KCM this weekend (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He had been scheduled to hold a concert alongside artist KCM this weekend in the city of Daegu.<\/p>\n

In his final social media post, Wheesung announced the upcoming concert and wrote: ‘Weight loss completed. See you on March 15.’<\/p>\n

Wheesung was hugely popular was in the 2000s and had been credited for bringing R&B to South Korea.<\/p>\n

He had initially started his career in 1997 as a member of a back dancing team ING.<\/p>\n

The singer had a string of hits in South Korea, including a cover of Craig David\u2019s Insomnia.<\/p>\n

Tributes poured in for the singer, with rapper Verbal Jint writing: ‘Every moment we shared was an honor, and I’m grateful. You’ve worked so hard, rest in peace, Wheesung.’<\/p>\n

While singer Yoon Min-soo wrote:\u00a0‘Wheesung, let’s sing and make music freely in that place. I won’t forget your pure and clear heart.’<\/p>\n

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Tributes have been pouring in for the singer after his death at the age of 43 (Picture: Wireimage)
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Rapper Paloalto added: ‘It\u2019s shocking and sad. I\u2019m thankful for the music that accompanied me through the good memories of my youth.’<\/p>\n

Wheesung faced a difficult time inhis career after being accused of abusing propofol in 2021.<\/p>\n

The singer\u00a0pleaded guilty and received a sentence of one year in prison, probation for two years, 40 hours of community service, and 40 hours of drug treatment lectures<\/p>\n

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K-pop singer Wheesung has been found dead at home aged 43 (Picture: AFP) South Korean singer Wheesung has been found dead at his home in Seoul at the age of 43. The singer, real name Choi Whee-sung, was found in a state of a cardiac arrest with authorities saying a “significant amount of time” had passed before his body had been found. They added that there were no signs of foul play at the scene. \u201cArtist Wheesung has left us,\u201d … Continue reading “K-pop singer Wheesung found dead at home aged 43”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}