Lee Yoon-hyung
| Lee Yoon-hyung | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
April 26, 1979 South Korea |
| Died |
November 18, 2005 (aged 26) Astor Place, East Village, Manhattan, New York City, United States |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater |
Ewha Womans University NYU Steinhardt |
| Occupation | Graduate student |
| Parent(s) |
Lee Kun-hee Hong Ra-hee |
| Relatives |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 이윤형 |
| Hanja | 李尹馨 |
| Revised Romanization | I Yun-hyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Yun-hyŏng |
Lee Yoon-hyung (Korean: 이윤형 I Yun-hyeong, Korean pronunciation: [ijunhjʌŋ]; April 26, 1979 – November 18, 2005) was a South Korean millionaire and daughter of Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee. She committed suicide by hanging herself in her Astor Place apartment in the East Village, Manhattan on November 18, 2005.[1]
Life
Ms. Lee was a graduate of Ewha Woman's University in Seoul with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French language and French literature.[2] She was a first-year graduate student at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University enrolled in arts management.[1]
In 2003, it was revealed that she owned $191 million of Samsung stock.[1]
Death
Her cause of death was originally reported in both American and South Korean newspapers as a 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, Ms. 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.[3] A doorman at her building told reporters that she sometimes stayed in her apartment for a week at a time,[3] and there were reports that her father had forbidden her to marry her Korean boyfriend.[3] At the time of her death, Ms. Lee had a personal fortune of more than £100m ($157 million).[3]
She was survived by her parents, her older brother, Lee Jae-yong, and two older sisters, Lee Boo-jin and Lee Seo-hyun.[3] Her parents did not attend her funeral, which is customary in South Korea when the child did not marry.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Baker, Al (2005-11-26). "After Samsung Reports Accident, Painful Details of Suicide Emerge". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kim, Min-hee (2005-11-22). "Samsung chairman's youngest daughter". Daum.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Marks, Kathy (2005-11-30). "The high life and lonely death of Lee Yoon-hyung". The Independent.