South Korean actress Park Soo Ryun dies aged 29 after fall down stairs
South Korean actress Park Soo Ryun, who starred in Disney+ K-drama Snowdrop, dies at age 29 after falling down stairs
- Park Soo Ryun, 29, fell down a flight of stairs in South Korea on Sunday afternoon
- Her family has now decided to donate her organs to ‘someone’ in need
A South Korean actress who starred in the Disney+ K-drama Snowdrop has died after falling down a flight of stairs.
Park Soo Ryun, 29, fell down a flight of stairs on Sunday afternoon while returning home to South Korea, according to local media.
She was taken to hospital for emergency treatment, but was pronounced brain dead despite attempts to resuscitate her.
Her family has decided to donate her organs, saying they would be “comforted” if her heart went to someone in need.
Park’s mom told me Soumpi on Monday: ‘Only her brain is unconscious and her heart is still beating.
Park Soo Ryun (pictured), 29, fell down a flight of stairs on Sunday afternoon while returning home to South Korea, according to local media
She was taken to hospital for emergency treatment, but was pronounced brain dead despite attempts to resuscitate her
“There must be someone who really needs it [organs]. As her mother and father, we will be able to live comfortably [by the thought that her heart] went to someone and hit.’
But she has since passed away and her last rituals took place on Monday with a funeral vigil set up at Suwon Hospital of Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center in Jangan-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do.
Park debuted in 2018 with the musical Il Tenore, which also featured actors such as Lee Sang-yi and Jeon Mi-do.
She also starred in musicals and plays such as The Cellar, Othello, and The Day We Were In Love.
She made her television debut in 2021, as a university student in the 1980s series Snowdrop, starring Blackpink singer Jisoo and actor Jung Hae-in.
Another Snowdrop actress died in January 2022 at the age of 29. Kim Mi-soo played a history student on the show and the cause of her death was not revealed.
She made her television debut in 2021, as a university student in the 1980s series Snowdrop (pictured)