[Edaily Reporter Lee Young-hoon] The wake for actor Choi Bul-am was set up on the 30th at the Seoul Asan Hospital Funeral Home.
The late actor passed away on the 29th while receiving inpatient treatment at a hospital in Gangseo-gu, Seoul. After undergoing surgery for a herniated disc in March of last year, he had been having difficulty moving and had been focusing on rehabilitation, but his health reportedly deteriorated recently.
Actor Choi Bul-am made his debut in 1959 with the play “Hamlet” at the “Experimental Theater Company” and began his professional acting career in earnest in 1965 as a member of the National Theater Company of Korea. He established himself as a national actor through roles such as Chief Park Young-han in MBC’s “Chief of Investigation” and Chairman Kim of Yangchon-ri in MBC’s “Diary of a Country Family,” Korea’s longest-running drama, which aired for 22 years.

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