Lee Yoon-hyung

Lee Yoon-hyung (Hangul:이윤형) was a South Korean millionaire and daughter of billionaire former Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee. She committed suicide by hanging in her Astor Place apartment in the East Village, Manhattan on November 18, 2005. cite news
last= Baker
first= Al
url= http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/nyregion/26crash.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin
title=After Samsung Reports Accident, Painful Details of Suicide Emerge
publisher= The New York Times
date= 2005-11-26 ]

Her cause of death was originally reported in both American and South Korean newspapers as a car crash due the social stigma against suicide, but the actual details were subsequently published after inquiries by reporters from The Korea Times. At the time of her death, Ms Lee was a graduate student at the New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and her father was in the United States undergoing treatment for lung cancer. cite news
last= Marks
first= Kathy
url= http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-high-life-and-lonely-death-of-lee-yoonhyung-517563.html
title= The high life and lonely death of Lee Yoon-hyung
publisher= The Independent
date= 2005-11-30 ] A doorman at her building told reporters that she sometimes stayed in her apartment for a week at a time, and there were reports that her father had forbade her to marry her Korean boyfriend. At the time of her death, Ms Lee had a personal fortune of more than £100m.

Ms Lee was a graduate of Ewha Woman's University in Seoul with a degree in French literature. cite news
last= Kim
first= Min-hee
url= http://media.daum.net/foreign/englishnews/view.html?cateid=1047&newsid=20051122235606167&cp=koreaherald
title= Samsung chairman`s youngest daughter
publisher= Daum
date= 2005.11.22 ] She was survived by her parents, her brother, Lee Jae-yong, and two sisters, Lee Pu-jin and Lee Seo-hyun. Her parents did not attend her funeral.

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Lee Eun-ju