South Korean actress Lee Joo-sil, a star in the second season of Squid Game,” has died.
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She was 81.
The veteran actress collapsed in cardiac arrest at home in Uijeongbu, South Korea, on February 2, three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer, The Korea Times reported. She was brought to a hospital but could not be revived.
Lee played Park Mal-soon, the doting mother of undercover detective Hwang Jun Ho (Wi Ha-joon) and stepmother of Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), in the first two episodes of Season 2.
It was the culmination of a six-decade career that saw her blossom from stage actress to television and movies.
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