Overview
- Yoon died at 9:54 a.m. at Severance Hospital in Seoul’s Sinchon district, with family and close acquaintances present.
- She had been treated for a malignant brain tumor and underwent surgery in October 2022 after performing in Hamlet that July.
- Her final public appearance was a five-minute cameo in the play Toccata in August 2023.
- Across five decades she headlined Agnes of God, Letters to My Daughter and Hamlet, and appeared in musicals including The Last Empress and Guys and Dolls.
- She earned four Baeksang Best Actress awards and the 2009 Korean Culture and Arts Award, co-founded the Jeongmiso Theater, led Dolkkot Company, published the magazine Gaekseok, and advocated adoption after adopting a son and daughter; she is survived by her husband and two children.