{"id":257356,"date":"2026-04-12T22:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/uncategorized\/2026\/04\/12\/lee-hyori-faces-heartbreak-father-passes\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T07:55:42","slug":"lee-hyori-faces-heartbreak-father-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenbizt.com\/en\/news\/entertainment\/2026\/04\/12\/lee-hyori-faces-heartbreak-father-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Hyori Faces Heartbreak: Father Passes Away at 79"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Translation result. <\/p>\n<div class=\"view_article\">\n<div id=\"article\">\n<div>\n<table cellpadding=\"2\" class=\"news_photo\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/contents-cdn.viewus.co.kr\/image\/2026\/04\/CP-2023-0081\/image-a9e7147c-56e2-4440-9bf4-69330b6b184b.jpeg\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font color=\"#3522A4\">Lee Hyori \/ Photo=DB<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>[Sports Today reporter Jeong Ye-won] Singer Lee Hyori is mourning the loss of her father.<\/p>\n<p> According to industry sources, Lee&#8217;s father, Lee Jung-kwang, passed away on April 12.<\/p>\n<p> A wake has been set up at the funeral hall of Chung-Ang University Hospital in Dongjak-gu, Seoul. The funeral service will be held at 7 a.m. on April 14. Lee Hyori and her husband, musician Lee Sang-soon, are serving as chief mourners and remain at the wake.<\/p>\n<p> Born in 1979, Lee Hyori is the youngest of four siblings \u2014 one brother and three sisters. She married Lee Sang-soon in 2013.<\/p>\n<p> [Sports Today reporter Jeong Ye-won <span><font color=\"blue\">ent@stoo.com<\/font><\/span>]<br \/>\u201cClosest to you, the most FunFun news \u24d2 Sports Today\u201d   <\/p>\n<div class=\"byeline\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- view_related --><!-- view_related\/\/ --><!-- \ubc14\uc774\ub77c\uc778 \ud558\ub2e8 2\uc904 \ud558\uc774\ub77c\uc774\ud2b8 --><!-- \ubc14\uc774\ub77c\uc778 \ud558\ub2e8 \ud558\uc774\ub77c\uc774\ud2b8 --><!-- next_article\/\/ --><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"50%\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Lee Hyori&#8217;s father, Lee Joong-kwang, has passed away. 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