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K-Pop Singer-Songwriter Park Boram Found Dead at 30

K-pop singer, songwriter, actor and 'Superstar K2' contestant Park Boram was found dead in Seoul at age 30. F

Park Boram, a breakout TV singing competition star who parlayed her powerful vocals into a decade in the K-pop industry, died Tuesday (April 11), according to a confirmation from her record label in Korea. Park Boram first impacted the K- pop industry at age 17, competing in the 2010 singing competition series Super Star K2 as a high school student with a love of R&B music and becoming one of the youngest finalists before finishing in eighth place. The track and music video was notably semi-autobiographical in detailing Park’s lengths to be “Beautiful,” including exercising and extreme dieting to lose nearly 70 pounds reportedly ahead of her debut.

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