In October 2019, Choi Jin-ri best known by her stage name Sulli died by suicide after a long struggle with online bullying. A year to her death, Sulli revealed that she had struggled with panic disorder and social phobia since she was young.
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On October 14, 2019, at approximately 3:20 p.m. KST, Sulli was found dead by her brother Choi Dae-hee, who was also her manager. She had hanged herself in the second floor in her house in Seongnam, south of Seoul.
Dae-Hee reportedly visited the house when he was not able to reach her. The previous day, he spoke to Sulli via phone at 6:30 p.m. KST.
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Police found a handwritten note in Sulli’s diary in which she described her feelings, but concluded that it was not a suicide note.
On October 15, police filed for an autopsy to confirm the cause of death and performed it the following morning, concluding that her body did not show any signs of death due to external force, and it is likely a suicide that occurred on the night of October 13 or the morning of October 14.
On October 17, following a four-day private funeral and mourning ceremony at a Seoul hospital, Sulli was buried at an undisclosed location.
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