Kim Hye-ja: “We’ll meet soon”... Colleagues visit late Choi Bool-am’s funeral hall to pay tribute

[Financial News] Fellow actors who visited actor Choi Bool-am’s funeral hall recalled the time they spent with him and offered their final farewells.
According to people in cultural circles on the 31st, on the 30th, when the funeral hall was set up, condolence visits continued from actors who had built bonds with Choi through their work and on set, including Kim Hye-ja, who played his wife for many years in “Country Diaries.”
Kim Hye-ja visited the funeral hall at Asan Medical Center in Seoul on the 30th to pay her respects. She appeared as Choi’s wife for 22 years in “Country Diaries.” “I don’t feel like this is the end. When I die, we’ll meet again,” she said, adding, “He’s someone I miss so much.” 
Actor Na Moon-hee said, “He was a source of pride for us, and it pains me that he went before us like this,” adding that she would cherish the memories they shared. Yu In-chon, former minister of culture, sports and tourism, who played father and son with Choi Bool-am in “Country Diaries” and in the debut work, recalled that he had always called Choi “father,” saying, “Personally, he was family.” 
Actor Lim Ho also visited the funeral hall to pay his respects. Lim, who played Geum-dong in “Country Diaries,” posted a photo of the cast on social media in tribute and said that he called Choi “father,” adding that it hurt even more because Choi had been ill before he passed away. Fellow actors and juniors, including Kim Hye-soo, Ko Du-shim, Youn Yuh-jung and Park Sang-won, also visited the funeral hall to pay their respects.
The late Choi Bool-am died at around 10 p.m. on the 29th at a hospital in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, at the age of 87. His funeral hall was set up at Asan Medical Center in Seoul, and the funeral will be held as a Green Umbrella Children's Foundation funeral; he served as chairman of its supporters’ association for about 40 years.
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