Goodbye, Noreen (Jeong Da-bin)

March 4, 1980 - February 10, 2007

Do you know this girl?

If not, try to remember Attic Cat.

Still no? Remember My 19-year old Sister-in-Law.

.....


I can't believe she's really gone.





I read this on the Soompi Forums. (you need to be a registered member in order to see the threads)


SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korean actress Jeong Da-bin was found dead early Saturday in what seems to have been a suicide due to depression, according to police and her acquaintances.

Police officials said Jeong, 27, was found hanged in a bathroom of her boyfriend's house in Seoul around 7:50 a.m. The boyfriend, identified only by his surname Lee, said he took Jeong back to his house because she got drunk while hanging out with friends at a nearby bar.

The police suspect that she committed suicide considering there was no sign of murder, and are trying to determine the exact circumstances of her death.

Observers say Jeong seems to have been suffering from depression, citing comments she posted recently on her personal blog.

A message she posted on Friday, titled "Finished," said, "I'm complicated and I feel like I'm going to die...I have lost my identity."


Screenshots of her personal blog:

You can read the translation here.
(There's actually a better translation I read somewhere else, but my mind's gone kind of blank right now.)

What is happening to the world!? It's almost Valentines and she decides to commit suicide?! No way. I won't believe it. Apparently, even other Korean stars refuse to accept it. Kevin (Kim Rae-Won) immediately cancelled his shootings and flew home from Thailand as soon as he heard the news. I saw his pictures during the funeral, and he looked deathly pale. In an interview, he was reportedly heard saying "Da bin, I'm sorry, I was late." Oh good Lord...

I sense foul play. -_- Read this article, where her company denies the possibility of suicide. Click Me

For those who do not wish to be bothered by registering in Soompi, here is the article I linked above.

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Jung Dabin's Company claims that JDB's death is not suicide and is requesting for reinvestigation.

The decedent's company Sedona Media held a press conference on the 11th at 3:30PM at Seoul Ahsan Hospital and clarified all of the suspicions made by the media about the sucide attempt and company problems. They also said "The decedent's death is not a suicide."

Sedona Media's Director Park Hyun said "There was no reason why the decedent would have committed suicide. All of the problems was getting solved and there is no reason why she would have committed suicide. She made appointments to meet her friends and she had plans to go on a trip with Jung SunHee and other celebs."

Director Park claims that evidence that it is not a suicide is, 1. The fact that she tried to committ suicide last September is a lie and was proved by her family and acquaintances, 2. Jung Dabin wasn't drunk on the day of the accident, 3. There was 2 months left until her former manager gets sued, 4. The problems with her former company has been solved, 5. she made appointments with many acquaintances.

Regarding her boyfriend's statement "She tried to committ suicide 5 months ago" Sedona Media said "As it was revealed at the Police Station, the boyfriend lied. The decedent got the wound on her wrist when she was in her 1st year of highschool."

"The decedent wasn't drunk at the time of the accident."

Director Park Hyun said "The decedent wasn't very drunk on the day of the accident."

Director Park said "There are no traces that the decedent drank alcohol at her boyfriend's house. The day before the accident Jung Dabin with 4 people including her boyfriend shared 6 bottles of Soju and beer. Jung Dabin paid the bill and there was an employee's statement that she wasn't very drunk."

"She made appointments with acquaintances and showed desire in new pieces."

The decedent's company says Jung Dabin made hospital appointments with close acquaintances and promised to go on a trip so there is no reason why she committed suicide.

Director Park Hyun said "The day before the accident at 11PM she called a close unnie. On the 12th she made an appointment to go to a dermatologist and showed desire in picking her next work."

Also "She was planning to go on a trip with Jung Sunhee. She made appointments to meet with the people she drank with again 2 days later."

"She showed disappointment towards Unee's suicide...the note on her Mini Hompy is not a suicide note."

Director Park Hyun said "Regarding Unee's suicide Jung Dabin talked about how suicide was bad with her cordinator and her boyfriend. She said 'I will never committ suicide and try to live harder.' and expressed her disappointment."

They revealed the post she put up the day before she died wasn't a suicide note.

Director Park said "After Jung Dabin died and people saw her post it became an suicide note. I wonder if Jung Dabin didn't die, would it have been considered a suicide note. That post is not a note that hinted of her suicide."

"The problems with her former company, it was almost solved."

Sedona Media claimed the problems with her former company was almost solved.

Director Park said "There was 2 months left until her former manager was going to be sued, the lawsuits with her former company one was decided as immaterial and the other one was decided as compensation. Everything was getting solved smoothly."

"To an actor 1 year and 6 months isn't a long time. Jung Dabin's next work was decided already so there is no reason why she would have committed suicide."

Besides this her company said she loved her family a lot, her next work was decided and she was in the middle of picking other pieces too.

"Just because there is no evidence of murder we can't be sure its suicide. The murder can be disguised as suicide and if Jung Dabin did commit suicide she probably had a reason why had to do it."

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I might post updates on the investigation later within the week, for the sake of those without Soompi accounts. (o^_^o)


Our lives are affected by the decision we make. Most of the time, it is the smallest things that make the biggest impact. In the event that this incident is decided as suicide, I cry for her. She took her life just because she doesn't have work? What a petty excuse.

You need courage to live in the world, you prove your inner strength by facing the challenges thrown at you. You accept them, you battle your uncertainties, and if needed you have friends that are willing to help you. Even in the darkest of days, there'll always come a time that you'll glimpse a ray of light. It'll all end soon... or later.

You're not supposed to give up!

Just because of this, she might never see paradise. (I remember that if you take your own life, you will never be able to go to Heaven ) BUT if it is proven to be murder.....

DAMN YOU TO HELL YOU PSYCHO!!! Whoever you are! I'll wring your neck when I see you! Ipapakulam talaga kitaaaaa!!!


*heave* *wheeze* *cough cough*


... *sigh*
I bet 10 cents saying the boyfriend was an accomplice. -_-


This was supposed to be a happy post because I was able to put up a temporary soundbox on my blog (see Siren's Isle section, below Tagboard) but... alas.


My Tribute to Da-Bin: "Alone" by Shimokawa Mikuni [Lyrics]

Note: Pause the autoplay soundbox below the tagboard so as not to make the tracks overlap each other.

...And a photo video made by a Youtube member.

I've searched for pieces of myself,
counting the endless nights all the while.
These feelings are becoming so certain
I almost lose myself.

Right now, without fail, I will walk forward, however far.