Park Ji-sun facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Park Ji-sun
Park in 2014
Born	(1984-11-03)November 3, 1984 Bupyeong District, Incheon, South Korea
Died	November 2, 2020(2020-11-02) (aged 35) Mapo District, Seoul, South Korea
Resting place	Incheon Family Park
Comedy career
Genres	Comedy
Notable works and roles	KBS Gag Concert KBS You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook KBS Star Golden Bell KBS Happy Together
Korean name
Hangul	박지선
Revised Romanization	Bak Jiseon
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Chisŏn

Park Ji-sun (Korean: 박지선; 3 November 1984 – 2 November 2020) was a South Korean comedian.

Biography

Park was born on 3 November 1984 in Bupyeong District, Incheon. She attended from Korea University before deciding to become a comedian. She debuted in 2007 through Korean Broadcasting System's 22nd open recruitment term for comedians. She made her first appearance in the comedy sketch segment of Gag Concert called "Gag Warrior 300" which brought her to public attention and won the Newcomer Award at the KBS Entertainment Awards in 2007.

Park had a chronic skin condition and a sunlight allergy. She also had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed medical condition and had told a journalist during a phone call on October 23, 2020 that she was going to have surgery and focus on recovering in November.

Park died on 2 November 2020, aged 35. Park's father called the police as he could not get in touch with her or her mother, as they were not answering their phones. Park and her mother were found deceased in Park's Seoul home by police. A one-page note presumed to be written by Park's mother was left behind. Due to the family's request, the contents of the note have not been publicly released and no autopsy will be performed. But according to Yonhap News Agency, the note said that Park’s mother was not able to let her daughter suffer alone because of her illness. .....

Park’s funeral service was initially set to take place at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital at 5 p.m. 5 November, but was moved up to 11 a.m. of the same day. Park was also originally to be taken to Byeokjae Crematorium in Goyang, Gyeonggi, but Park and her mother will be taken to Incheon Family Park after the funeral service.

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Park Ji-sun para niños