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South Korean comedian Park Ji-sun found dead with her mother

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/afp/11/02/20201102-park-ji-sun-afp.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>An undated photo released by South Korea&#x27;s Yonhap news agency on November 2, 2020 shows late comedian Park Ji-sun. <em>AFP/Yonhap</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SEOUL - A prominent South Korean comedian was found dead at her home in Seoul on Monday alongside her mother, multiple reports said.</p><p>The bodies of Park Ji-sun, 36, and her mother were found by police, Yonhap news agency reported.</p><p>Park was reportedly being treated for an unspecified illness and the Seoul Shinmun newspaper cited a police officer as saying there were &quot;no signs of outside intrusion or murder&quot;.</p><p>Park was a graduate of the elite Korea University, where she studied education, but charmed audiences with her down-to-earth and self-deprecating humour -- often light-heartedly playing the role of a woman repeatedly rejected on a date. </p><p>&quot;I am lucky as a comedian that I can use my face to make people laugh,&quot; she said in an interview with the Hankyoreh newspaper.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>A prominent South Korean comedian was found dead at her home in Seoul on Monday alongside her mother, multiple reports said.<br /> </p>

A prominent South Korean comedian was found dead at her home in Seoul on Monday alongside her mother, multiple reports said.