'The Priests' Lee Nam-hee passes away due to illness...preparing for a play until recently [Star Issue]

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Actor Lee Nam-hee has passed away.

According to the family on the 22nd, Lee Nam-hee passed away on that day. He was 64 years old.

Notably, Lee Nam-hee, despite suffering from a chronic illness, was reported to have been preparing for a stage appearance in a play until recently, drawing sorrow.

Born in 1962, Lee Nam-hee made his debut in the 1983 play 'Antigone'. He later appeared in plays such as 'Antigone', 'Othello', and 'Orphans of Unhyeon Palace', as well as in dramas 'Doctor Prisoner', 'Six Flying Dragons', 'Musa', and films 'Seoul, Evita' and 'The Priests'.

In particular, in the 2011 play 'Our Faust', he played the role of Mephisto, abandoned by God to the world, and won the Acting Award at the 48th Dong-A Theater Awards and the Male Acting Award at the 4th Korea Theater Awards. In addition, he received the Korean Theater Association Male Acting Award in 1998 and the Korean Theater Association Yeon Gi-sang-eul (수상) in 2000.

Lee Nam-hee's wake has been set up in Room 15 of the funeral hall at Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. The funeral procession will be held at 10:20 a.m. on the 24th, and the burial site is Seoul Municipal Seungwhawon.

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