{"id":491229,"date":"2019-10-14T09:41:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=898558"},"modified":"2019-10-14T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T15:41:26","slug":"k-pop-star-sulli-dead-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/k-pop-star-sulli-dead-at-25\/","title":{"rendered":"K-Pop Star Sulli Dead at 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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K-pop<\/a> star and actress Sulli died at her home in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, The Associated Press<\/i><\/a> reports. She was 25.<\/p>\n

Sulli \u2014 whose legal name is Choi Jin-ri \u2014 was found dead by her manager, who went to her home after Sulli failed to answer several phone calls. A cause of death has yet to be revealed, and at the moment there are conflicting reports about her death.<\/p>\n

Per the AP<\/i>, a police spokesperson said there was no sign of foul play or an intrusion and that police did not find a suicide note. However, a police official reportedly told CNN<\/a> that they did find a note at Sulli\u2019s home, and while they have yet to analyze it, the official said, \u201cSo far, it seems she killed herself, but we will leave all possibilities open and investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sulli\u2019s management company, SM Entertainment, also shared a statement with AP<\/em> in which they said her death was \u201cvery hard to believe and sorrowful.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative for SM Entertainment did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Sulli first broke out in the mid-2000s as an actress before joining the K-pop group f(x) in 2009. The group\u2019s debut album, Pinocchio<\/i>, arrived in 2011 and topped the Korean charts, as did their next two records, Pink Tape <\/i>and Red Light<\/i> (those also peaked at Numbers One and Two, respectively, on the Billboard<\/i> U.S. World chart, reflecting K-pop\u2019s growing popularity abroad).<\/p>\n

But as f(x) was promoting Red Light<\/i>, Sulli went on hiatus from the group as she grappled with exhaustion and issues stemming from the vicious attacks leveled against her online. Sulli officially left f(x) in 2015.<\/p>\n

In the ensuing years, Sulli returned to acting, starring in films like Fashion King<\/i> and Real<\/i>, while she was recently attached to the Netflix show Persona<\/i> 2 (a representative for Netflix did not immediately return Rolling Stone\u2019<\/i>s request for comment). Sulli did eventually return to music, first guesting on Dean\u2019s 2018 track, \u201cDayfly,\u201d then releasing her solo debut, \u201cGoblin,\u201d in June.<\/p>\n