[Edaily Reporter Lee Young-hoon] A memorial altar 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 it is reported that his health had recently deteriorated.
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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