Overview
- Yoon died around 10 a.m. Friday at age 69, according to theater sources cited by Korea JoongAng Daily.
- A wake is to be held at the Yonsei Severance Hospital Funeral Hall in Seoul’s Seodaemun District.
- Earlier in the day, the Korean Actors Association apologized after issuing and then retracting an erroneous death announcement, saying she was in critical condition.
- Yoon had battled a malignant brain tumor since 2022 and discussed her illness publicly in a 2023 television interview.
- Over nearly five decades, she became a defining figure in Korean theater, winning multiple Baeksang Arts Awards and originating the title role in The Last Empress.