Jang Ja Yeon Commits Suicide

Jang Ja Yeon Commits Suicide

Jang Ja Yeon committed suicide at home today. At 7.34 pm her older sister called the police. She hung herself. Her will and notes will be checked. She is normally a bright girl and hence her entertainment company is also very shocked.

She is most well known for the role of Sunny, one of the mean girls, in Boys over flowers.

She died at 4.30pm. Lee Min Ho, Kim Hyun Joong and Goo Hye Sun from Boys over flowers went straight to pay their respects after shooting.

RIP.

Boys Before Flowers Stunned by Suicide (Credit: Coolsmurf)

It was another setback and a major one for Boys Before Flowers as one of the actresses, Jang Ja Yun (27) who plays Sunny in the drama and makes life difficult for Jandi as part of the JinSunMi trio was found to have committed suicide in her Bundang home today.

According to the local police from Bundang who confirmed the suicide over the phone, ” Jang Ja Yun was found to have committed suicide in her own home today. She was discovered at around 7.34pm this evening by her sister who then called the police. We are now investigating the case and will give further updates like the reason, her will (if any), etc at a later time.” The police also revealed that her approximate time of death was around 4.30pm and that she had hung herself.

Friends who knew Jang Ja Yun was shocked by her suicide and expressed, “She had a passion for acting and loved it very much. She was very much a extrovert and we never really expected that she would commit suicide.” Her sudden suicide has plunged the entire Boys Before Flowers into shock with the main cast of Lee Min Ho, Goo Hye Sun, etc unable to believe what they have heard after learning of the news from their respective companies.

Everyone involved with Boys Before Flowers will be paying their respects tomorrow morning at her wake after the morning session ends. According to someone at the filming site now, “We are still filming now (10pm, KST) and it was a big shock to receive this sad news suddenly. Why do all the bad things keep happening to Boys Before Flowers?”

Jang Ja Yun graduated from Chosun University and had made her debut through a Lotte Biscuit CF and was only starting out with her acting career. She still won a bit of popularity for her small role in Boys Before Flowers despite her late debut. But it’s being reported that a dispute with her present management agency and a lack of time in Boys Before Flowers had left her feeling depressed and eventually causing her to choose the wrong path.