I considered quitting everything." On Dec 18, 2017, Jonghyun was found unconscious in an apartment in Gangnam with a suicide note. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he eventually died.

Kim Jong-hyun, the lead singer of world’s biggest K-pop band SHINee, has died in an apparent suicide, South Korean police said today. The 27-year-old frontman, known as Jonghyun, was found ...

The K-pop idol and his mother appeared on the Korean variety series as the most recent episode’s guests, where Key spoke at length about the difficulty he faced upon Jonghyun’s passing in 2018.