Mahalo, Doc / Annyoung Lee Eun Ju

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jeff in Korea at 8:13 am on Tuesday, February 22, 2005

These are not headlines I wanted to wake up to this morning.

I first became aware of Hunter Thompson after getting a copy of "Hell’s Angels : A Strange and Terrible Saga" from a friend of mine back around 1985. It is a remarkable piece of "embedded" journalism. Although his last job was working as a columnist at espn.com, his columns were still witty, irreverent and caustic.

Anyone who is or aspires to be a journalist and/or and author who is not familiar with Thompson should get their hands on a book of his and read.

UPDATE:

Top Korean Actress Lee Eun Ju Commits Suicide

Lee Eun Ju, star of several hit Korean movies, including Oh! Sujung! and Brotherhood (태극기 휘날리며) committed suicide(article in Korean) by hanging herself in her dressing room by a belt. According to her family she was suffering from insomnia because of filming a recent movie and suffering stress after doing a nude scene. (article in Korean).

8 Comments »

Comment by bob

27 February 2005 @ 8:10 pm

Try getting shot at. That get’s your “I want to live” working really quick. Suicide is just a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Oh well, more oxygen for the rest of us.

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Comment by hardyandtiny

28 February 2005 @ 3:41 pm

I hear the slip knot Lee tied in her hang rope was absolutley gorgeous.

Comment by DeViL jIn

4 March 2005 @ 3:42 am

You people have no hearts….

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Comment by yeoldetoaste

4 March 2005 @ 11:45 am

Hum…. do you have double absorbancy tissues?

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6 March 2005 @ 11:00 am

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Comment by hand

9 March 2005 @ 2:41 am

this blog has gone down the shitter since you got rid of silly sally..

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