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Lead singer of South Korean boy band SHINee 'kills himself' with carbon monoxide

The lead singer of top South Korean boy band, SHINee, died in hospital on Monday in a possible suicide attempt that shocked their fans in the Asian continent.

Police reports indicated that Kim Jong-hyun, 27, was found unconscious next to burning briquettes on a frying pan inside a serviced residence in the South Korean capital Seoul.

A police official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive subject, told Reuters:  “His sister was first to call the police assuming that he might commit suicide,” said the official.

Yonhap news agency also disclosed that the singer sent a final message to his sister telling her: ‘It’s been too hard. Please send me off. Tell everyone I’ve had a hard time. This is my last goodbye.’

However, the circumstances surrounding his death is still unclear, but he's reported to have killed himself with carbon monoxide.

Kim was part of the five-member K-Pop boyband Shinee that had become one of the country's most popular in recent years. He spent nearly a decade in his leading role for the group.

The group released their debut album, The Shinee World, in 2008.


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