Park Jung-woon, popular singer in the 90s, dies in “If It’s A Night Like Tonight”

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Journalist Lee Tae-soo = singer Park Jung-woon, who became popular in the early 1990s with hit songs like “If it’s tonight”, died on the afternoon of the 17th of an illness chronic at the age of 57.

According to fellow singer Park Jun-ha on the 18th, the deceased, born in 1965, failed to recover and died at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, where he was hospitalized for liver surgery due to cirrhosis. liver and diabetes.

Park Jung-woon debuted in 1989 with his first album “Who, Me?”

Then, when the song “If It’s A Night Like Tonight”, released in 1992, became a sensational hit, becoming a popular singer representing the early 90s.

Since then, he has released hit songs such as “In the distant future” (1992) and “Love only for you” (1993).

Park Jung-woon was investigated for involvement in a cryptocurrency fraud case in 2017 and was sentenced to 8 months in prison and 2 years of probation the following year. The deceased is said to have suffered from stress by expressing his injustice to his colleagues at the time.

In 2020, Park Jung-woon released a new album and worked on music with Park Jun-ha, whom he had known for more than 30 years, but was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and diabetes while visiting the hospital because his voice did not come out.

Park Jung-woon played an unreleased demo he had recorded in the past at Park Jun-ha and showed his enthusiasm for rehabilitation, saying, “I miss the clear voice I had when I was young.”

After receiving treatment in the hospital, the deceased worked hard day and night to practice raising his voice, and even found a mountain where the air was good and refined its sound, but it is said that he did not see much. effect due to his illness.

Park Jun-ha was preparing a new album with Park Jung-woon in a collaborative method by recruiting young singers.

In a phone call with Yonhap News, Park Jun-ha said: “Earlier this month, just before Chuseok’s vacation, we talked about the new album.

He added: “After the funeral, we will restore Park Jung-woon’s vocals as much as possible and release a new song, then we will finish the album in two ways, including recording songs by junior singers.”

Survivors include his wife and daughter.

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