Hundreds of tearful fans weep as coffin of K-pop star Jonghyun is taken from hospital to funeral
Kim Jong-hyun was found in a hotel room in Seoul on Monday in what police said was suicide
Six of K-pop’s biggest stars carried the coffin of fellow singer Kim Jong-hyun to a hearse Thursday, after he died leaving behind a suicide note that spoke of his battle with loneliness and depression.
Kim’s body was taken to his funeral from the Asan Medical Centre in Seoul where it had been lying at rest.
The procession was led by one of Kim’s bandmates from SHINee – one of the country’s top boy bands – dressed in black bearing a plaque topped by a crucifix and reading “Kim Jong-hyun, believer”.
His sister followed, tears coursing down her cheeks as she carried a picture of 27-year-old Kim in a dark wooden frame, smiling at the camera with his hair dyed a light brown.
The coffin was carried by the three other surviving SHINee band members and three from Super Junior, another boy band managed by the same agency.
