'Chingu's Mom' Late Kang Hee-seon Passes Away.. 'Junior' Nam Do-hyung Reveals Her Past: "Thank You for Your Warm Care"

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Voice actor Nam Do-hyung paid tribute to the late Kang Hee-seon.

On the 4th, Nam Do-hyung posted on his personal account: "Senior Kang Hee-seon, I sincerely thank you for warmly caring for and guiding me since my first year of joining the company."

Nam Do-hyung added, "I will never forget that warm heart. I respectfully pray for the repose of the deceased."

Earlier, the late Kang Hee-seon passed away at around 2:10 a.m. that day due to an underlying illness. She was 65 years old.

The late actress was diagnosed with liver metastasis from colon cancer in 2021. Regarding this, she appeared on tvN's variety show 'You Quiz on the Block' in 2024 and revealed, "I have actually been fighting illness for four years. The cancer that was in my colon had spread to my liver. There were about 17 metastases, so I received chemotherapy 47 times. Chemotherapy was really hard. From then on, I lived thinking every day would be my last."

Meanwhile, the late Kang Hee-seon debuted as a public voice actor for TBC in 1979. She has been participating as the Korean voice actress for 'Crayon Shin-chan' since 1999 and performed voice acting for Chingu's mom and other roles for a total of 26 years until last year while battling illness. Since 1996, she was also in charge of subway announcement broadcasts for Seoul Lines 1 through 8 and Busan Lines 1 through 4.

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