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Yoo Chae-yeong | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kim Soo-jin |
| Born | (1973-09-22)September 22, 1973 Anyang,South Korea |
| Died | July 24, 2014(2014-07-24) (aged 40) Seoul, South Korea |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, actress |
| Years active | 1989–2014 |
| Formerly of | Cool |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김수진 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Sujin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Sujin |
| Stage name | |
| Hangul | 유채영 |
| Revised Romanization | Yu Chaeyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yu Ch'aeyŏng |
Yoo Chae-yeong (Korean: 유채영; September 22, 1973 – July 24, 2014) was a South Korean singer, actress, and radio host.
Born asKim Soo-jin, she made her entertainment debut at 17 years old as part of the group Punsudeul ("Idiots") in 1989, when she was still in high school.[1]
In 1994, using the stage name Yoo Chae-yeong, she became one of the original members of the popularK-pop groupCool.[2] She initially attracted media attention for sporting a shaved head, which at the time was a bold hairstyle rarely seen on female South Korean celebrities.[1][3] Yoo left Cool a year later, going on to make up one half of the duo US in 1995.[4] She embarked on a solo singing career in 1996, and her hit song "Emotion" (released in 1999), contributed to the nationwide spread oftechno music.[1]
As an actress, Yoo appeared insupporting roles in movies andtelevision dramas, notably in thecomedy filmSex Is Zero (2002) and its sequelSex Is Zero 2 (2007). She was also a popular radio host on theMBC programGood Weekend, It's Kim Kyung-sik and Yoo Chae-yeong, known for her quick wit and self-deprecating humor.[1][3]
In 2009, after nearly a decade of absence from the music scene, she released a new single titledAnother Decade.[3]
Yoo was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013.[2][5] She died on July 24, 2014, ofgastric cancer at the age of 40.[6][7]
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