K-pop stars carry singer’s coffin after suicide


Family members and friends of late SHINee singer Kim Jong-Hyun carry out his coffin during a funeral at a hospital in Seoul on December 21, 2017. -AFP

SEOUL: Six of K-pop’s biggest stars carried the coffin of fellow singer Kim Jong-Hyun to a hearse Thursday, after he died leaving behind a suicide note that spoke of his battle with loneliness and depression.

Kim’s body was taken to his funeral from the Asan Medical Centre in Seoul where it had been lying at rest.

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