South Korean Actress Park Ji Ah who is largely popular for playing Song Hye Kyo’s mother in the series ‘The Glory‘ passed away on the wee hours of Monday morning. As fans woke up to this tragic news, they felt extremely sad as she was also a stellar actress. Her death was confirmed by her agency. The statement issued by her agency read, “We are here to inform you of heart breaking news.Park Ji Ah passed away today at 2:50 am at the age of 52 after suffering an ischemic stroke.”
The cause of her death is said to be ischemic stroke. A south Korean news outlet further reported that she was also battling an undisclosed illness. A report by JTBC stated that she died due to ‘cerebral infarction’ which is also called ‘ischemic stroke’. A report by Soompi has quoted an acquaintance of the actress saying, “[Park Jia] recently collapsed due to a cerebral infarction and was battling it in the hospital, but unfortunately, she did not recover and passed away.”
Park Ji Ah’s agency further gave details of her funeral. The statement further added, “The funeral for the deceased has been set up at funeral hall 2 at the Asan Medical Center. The funeral procession will take place on October 2 at 10am. Billions will forever remember the passion the deceased had, as she loved acting right until the end. Once again, we express our deepest condolences to the deceased and may she rest in peace.”
With this news of her passing away, fans paid tribute to the actress. A user on X wrote, “Actress Park Ji Ah, who gave memorable performance as Dongeun’s mom in #TheGlory has sadly passed away due to her battle with cerebral infarction. She didnt directly has scene with lee dohyun beside this one.. which was special scene to knowledge for yeojeong too. RIP 🥀”
Another person said, “#ParkJiAh, who played Moon Dongeun’s mother in “The Glory”, has passed away today due to cerebral infarction at the age of 52. The fact that she made us feel all sorts of anger through this character only means she was a great actress 🙁 May she rest in peace 🕊️”
Her other projects included, ‘Bloody Heart’, ‘Judge Vs Judge’ among others.