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▲ Comedian Suh Suh-won is seen in this Yonhap file photo. He died at a hospital in Cambodia on April 20, 2023, at the age of 67. (Yonhap)

(LEAD) comedian-death

(LEAD) Comedian Suh Se-won dies at hospital in Cambodia

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SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) -- Comedian Suh Se-won died at a hospital in Cambodia on Thursday, diplomatic sources said. He was 67.

Suh died while under treatment at a Korean hospital in Phnom Penh around 11 a.m. local time, the sources said.

The cause of his death was not immediately known, but a source said Suh had suffered from diabetes.

Debuted in 1979, Suh was a popular comedian in the 1980s and 1990s, and took part in several movie projects.

Suh was ordained as a pastor in 2011 and served at a local church, but has been out of the public limelight since footage of him beating his wife, Suh Chung-hee, was released in 2014.

He received a six-month prison term, suspended two years, in 2015 and divorced his wife that year. Suh Se-won remarried a traditional instrument player the following year and moved to Cambodia.


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