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'High School Days' Singer Lee Soo-mi Passes Away After Battling Lung Cancer.. 5th Anniversary Today (2nd) [Star Issue]

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Yoon Sanggeun

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'High School Days' singer Lee Soo-mi passed away five years ago after battling lung cancer.

Lee Soo-mi passed away on September 2, 2021, following a battle with lung cancer. She was 69 years old. In December 2020, Lee Soo-mi was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer and underwent treatment at Severance Hospital in Sinchon.

Born in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do in 1952, Lee Soo-mi debuted in the music industry by releasing 'Too Late to Regret' in 1971.

The late singer became well-known after her 1972 hit 'High School Days'. At that time, Lee Soo-mi won the MBC Top 10 Singers Award and the TBC Top 7 Singers Award, and in 1975 she received the TBC Best Yeo Ja-ga (수상) Award.

The Lee Su-mi-ui (CEO) songs include 'Stay by My Side', 'Little Bird', 'Will of Love', 'Hometown Left Behind', and 'Only You'.

Lee Soo-mi also experienced incidents such as the 1973 August attack at Daecheon Beach and a ban on activities due to the so-called 'Social Purification Movement' in 1983. Recently, Lee Soo-mi served as an executive of the Korean Singers Association and showed her dedication to singing by releasing a new song 'On This Starlit Night' even while undergoing treatment.

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