'Fighting cancer' Lee Sol-i, poses for memorial portrait... "Death I didn't want to face"

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Comedian Park Seong-gwang's wife, Lee Sol-i, announced that she had her memorial portrait taken.

On the 20th, Lee Sol-i posted a video on her personal account. Through the video, Lee Sol-i revealed, "I had my memorial portrait taken around the time the rhododendrons bloomed last year."

Lee Sol-i shared an anecdote: "I was taking photos with my mother in front of the rhododendrons when an elderly woman passing by said, 'Could you take a picture of me too?' Unlike her confident request, she stood awkwardly in front of the flowers and took a photo with a faint smile."

She continued, "My mother kept saying how beautiful and graceful the woman was, helping to ease the atmosphere, and as a result, the elderly woman's smile naturally bloomed. 'Perhaps it was because a smiling expression was unfamiliar to her, her smile lines looked stiff, but her heart was still that of a young girl,' she said."

Lee Sol-i added, "The elderly woman, who was heading toward the senior center, immediately stopped her friends and showed them the photo, saying, 'It came out well. We can use this for a memorial portrait.' At that moment, I looked at my mother with a frozen expression, and she comforted me, saying, 'There are times when everything is accepted naturally. Now that I look back, Mom, it seems that's how it was for you too.'"

She further stated, "That night, the elderly woman's image remained in my mind, and I couldn't go home, crying for a long time in the parking lot. 'Will the day ever come when death, which I never wanted to face, is accepted calmly by me? Is parting really so trivial in daily life? I felt a heavy pain knowing that the photo I took today might be the image someone wanted to leave behind at the final moment of their life.'"

Lee Sol-i concluded, "Whenever the sweet rhododendrons bloom, I think of that elderly woman. In my memory, she will be remembered forever as the rhododendron girl."

Meanwhile, Lee Sol-i married Park Seong-gwang in 2020 and gained public recognition by appearing on SBS variety show 'Same Bed Different Dreams2 - You Are My Destiny.'

Last year, Lee Sol-i late revealed her battle with cancer through her personal account, receiving much support. She said, "After leaving my job, I naturally prepared to have a child, but I was diagnosed with cancer within five months. I underwent surgery and cytotoxic chemotherapy for six months, enduring a very difficult time going in and out of the emergency room. I am still taking medication and undergoing treatment."

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