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Choi Bool-am: career and tributes

This dossier follows tributes to Choi Bool-am and the legacy of his roles in South Korean television dramas and documentaries.

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Portrait of Choi Bool-am in 2008.
Choi Bool-am at G★2008 in Ilsan, 13 November 2008. Archive portrait. ACROFAN, CC BY-SA 3.0. — ACROFAN / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; 13 novembre 2008, sans modification ; autorisation VRT 2012112610002772.

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Choi Bool-am's death in Seoul on 29 October 2026 was announced on 30 October. His funeral is being organised under ChildFund Korea's auspices.

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South Korean actor Choi Bool-am dies in Seoul

South Korean actor Choi Bool-am died on the evening of 29 October 2026 while hospitalised in Seoul, his family and Korean media announced on 30 October. South Korean reporting gives his age as 87.

Portrait of Choi Bool-am in 2008.
Choi Bool-am at G★2008 in Ilsan, 13 November 2008. Archive portrait. ACROFAN, CC BY-SA 3.0. — ACROFAN / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ; 13 novembre 2008, sans modification ; autorisation VRT 2012112610002772.

Known for playing an investigator in “Chief Inspector”, he also portrayed the patriarch in “Country Diaries”, which aired from 1980 to 2002. Those characters earned him the nickname “the nation's father”.

He presented the KBS food documentary “Korean Food Table” for fourteen years. His funeral is being organised under ChildFund Korea's auspices, recognising his longstanding work for children.

Tributes from actors and the public follow a career spanning theatre, film and, above all, television.

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