Lee Yoon-hyung

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In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Yoon-hyung
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Born
이윤형

[citation needed]
South Korea
Died (aged 26)
New York City, U.S.
Cause of deathSuicide
NationalitySouth Korean
EducationEwha Womans University (BA)
NYU Steinhardt
Parent(s)Lee Kun-hee
Hong Ra-hee
Korean name
Hangul
이윤형
Hanja
Revised RomanizationI Yun-hyeong
McCune–ReischauerYi Yun-hyŏng

Lee Yoon-hyung (

Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee. She died by suicide by hanging herself in her New York City apartment on November 18, 2005, at the age of 26.[1]

Personal life

Lee was born in

Lee Jae-yong and two elder sisters Lee Boo-jin
and Lee Seo-hyun.

Lee graduated from Ewha Womans University in Seoul with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French language and French literature.[2] She was a first year graduate student in arts management at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.[1]

In 2003, it was revealed that she owned $191 million of Samsung stock.[1]

In her spare time, she was very keen on car racing and many extreme sports. She also launched a personal blog to show her daily life to the public and it became very popular in South Korea.[3]

Death

Her cause of death was originally reported in both American and

car crash due to the social stigma against suicide, but the actual details were subsequently published after inquiries by reporters from The Korea Times.[1]

At the time of her death, Lee was a

graduate student at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and her father was in the United States undergoing treatment for lung cancer.[4] A doorman at her building told reporters that she sometimes stayed in her apartment for a week at a time,[4] and there were reports that her father had forbidden her to marry her middle-class Korean boyfriend.[4]

At the time of her death, Lee had a personal fortune of more than £100 million (US$157 million).[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Baker, Al (2005-11-26). "After Samsung Reports Accident, Painful Details of Suicide Emerge". The New York Times.
  2. Kim, Min-hee (2005-11-22). "Samsung chairman's youngest daughter"
    . Daum.
  3. ^ 三星会长幼女自杀引发思考:灿烂背后的焦虑(图) Archived 2017-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved in 2016-08-12
  4. ^ a b c d Marks, Kathy (2005-11-30). "The high life and lonely death of Lee Yoon-hyung". The Independent. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
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