South Korean actor Choi Bool-am dies at 87
Veteran South Korean actor Choi Bool-am died at about 10 p.m. on Thursday at a hospital in western Seoul, aged 87, according to his family. He began his television career in 1967 at Seoul Central Broadcasting, the forerunner of KBS, and became known for playing detective Park Young-han in MBC's crime drama Chief Inspector, which aired from 1971 to 1989. He had hosted the KBS documentary Korean Food Table for 14 years before stepping down after herniated-disc surgery in March last year. Culture Minister Chae Hwi-young posthumously conferred the Geumgwan Order of Cultural Merit on him.
Key facts
- Choi also appeared in MBC's rural family drama Country Diaries, which ran from 1980 to 2002.
- He served as a proportional representation lawmaker from 1992 to 1996 under the Unification National Party.
- Choi was born in Incheon in 1939 and made his stage debut in Hamlet in 1959.
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First published from Yonhap