The veteran Korean film, TV and stage actor died Sunday following a cancer recurrence diagnosis in November 2024.

Joo Sil succumbed to complications from stomach cancer on Sunday in St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea.

“Squid Game” actress Lee Joo-sil has died at age 81. Lee passed away Sunday at her family home in Uijeongbu, South Korea, according to Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo. She was diagnosed with stomach cancer in Nov. 2024, the paper said.

Squid Game actor Lee Joo-sil has died three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Lee played Hwang Joon-ho’s (Wi Ha-joon) mother in the second season of the dystopian Netflix drama. The 81-year-old died today at her family home in South Korean city Uijeongbu, national paper The Chosun Ilbo reports.

Squid Game and Train to Busan actress Lee Joo-sil has died, aged 81. South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reports that Lee passed away in her family home in Uijeongbu of stomach cancer, a diagnosis that she had received in November.

Sil, best known for playing Park Mal Soon in the second season of Netflix's Squid Game, has passed away at the age of 81, reported People. Lee suffered from cardiac arrest at her family home on the morning of February 2 and was pronounced dead after being transferred to St Mary's Hospital in Uijeongbu,

Joong Ang Daily reports. She was 81. According to the South Korean outlet, Lee was diagnosed with stomach cancer three months ago. Her talent agency, 1230 Culture, informed the publication that she died in Uijeongbu,

Sil, who appeared on season two of Netflix's Squid Game, died Feb. 2 at the age of 81 three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.