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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

South Korea : Actress gets H1N1 in Rome, dies

An article from Korea JoongAng Daily :

" Actress You Dong-sook, 37, died last Thursday from the H1N1 flu at a Seoul-area hospital after catching the virus at the Fifth International Rome Film Festival last month while promoting her low-budget film “My Heart Beats.”

You was given the leading role in the film directed by Huh Eun-hee and was invited to the extra competition session of the Rome festival.You was a theater actress for most of her career.She started feeling flu symptoms - body aches and respiratory difficulties - when she returned to Korea on Oct. 31.

She was hospitalized Nov. 2 at the Korea University Anam Hospital, and died nine days later from complications due to H1N1."

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