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Jong-Hyun Kim

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    (April 8, 1990-December 18, 2017)
    Born in Seoul, South Korea
    Singer from K-Pop group Shinee
    Died at 27 years old

Why he might be annoying:

    He had an excessively pretty look.
    He killed himself by burning charcoal briquettes on the stove (creating carbon monoxide).
    His suicide method endangered the first responders that arrived at his home and the residents living in the same building.
    He may have had plastic surgery.
    An NBC conglomerate mixed up his identity with that of BTS rapper RM's using video footage of the latter’s when reporting the suicide.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was under intense pressure of being a K-Pop singer.
    In a suicide note, he called out the Korean entertainment industry for its Hunger Games-type environment placed upon performers.
    His Shinee band members and three members of Super Junior served as his pallbearers.
    He also said in that note ‘The depression that had been slowly eating me up finally devoured me and I couldn’t defeat it.’
    He texted his older sister that he intended to end his life leading her to call the police, who later found him unconscious in his apartment.
    Performers from other K-Pop groups, including BTS, attended his funeral.
    His band continues to perform after his death.

Credit: battyx3


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 13.04% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 80 Votes: 57.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 246 Votes: 54.07% Annoying