‘Parasite’ actor found dead in Seoul

SEOUL – Lee Sun-kyun, a South Korean actor who starred in the Oscar-winning film “Parasite”, has been found dead, in an apparent suicide in a Seoul park, officials in the capital said.

Lee, 48, whose character met a violent end in the 2019 film — South Korea’s first to win any Oscar — had faced police questioning three times over accusations of illegal drug use amid a government crackdown, with one session running 19 hours over the weekend.

The actor had said he was tricked into taking drugs by a bar hostess trying to blackmail him, the Yonhap news agency reported.

Authorities found Lee in a search triggered by a missing person report, a fire official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, as the matter is a sensitive one.

Lee was found in a car at a park in Seoul, after his manager told police the actor had left home, leaving behind an apparent suicide…