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An anecdote about the late national actor Ahn Sung-ki not raising his appearance fee has been revealed.
MBC's memorial special documentary "National Actor, Ahn Sung-ki," which aired on the afternoon of the 11th, contained the life of Ahn Sung-ki, who has lived as the history of Korean movies and the face of the times, and the last traces he left behind.
Manager Lee Myung-se said, "(The late Ahn Sung-ki) did not even post a guarantee. Even if I raise it more, I'm like, "No." I said I would only receive this much and didn't post it," he recalled of the deceased.
"From the producer's point of view, even if they give you more (chun fuel), it's good because you don't get it," he said with a big smile.

The late Ahn Sung-ki reached out to UNICEF in 1988 when his eldest son was born. An official from UNICEF said, "The temperature in Laos was about 45 degrees. Even if I have to turn on the air conditioner and rest in the car, they say plainly, "It doesn't make sense for me to rest alone when children live like that." You said it really casually. I thought, 'There is a decent adult in this world,' he recalled.
Professor Seo Kyung-duk also told the story of the deceased. Professor Seo said, "When I made a video about little-known independence activists, he was willing to narrate it. He dubbed it and even monitored it before he left for his schedule in the early morning. When I said, "Is it okay for a national actor not to wash his hair?" he laughed, saying, "What's wrong?" and confessed his memories with the deceased.
Actor Shin Hyun-joon said, "Senior used the word 'social return' a lot. He wanted to return the love he received. I really wanted to be like him," he said of Ahn Sung-ki's personality.
Meanwhile, the late Ahn Sung-ki collapsed at around 4 p.m. on December 30 last year while eating at his home. Afterwards, he was taken to the emergency room of a hospital near his home undergoing CPR due to cardiac arrest, but he died six days after being hospitalized without recovering. At 6 a.m. on the 9th, the death of the deceased was strictly observed at the funeral hall of Seoul St. Mary's Hospital.
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