[오토트리뷴=김하정 기자] Master Korean traditional music singer Park Jeong-ah, known as the teacher of ‘Miss Trot 2’ Kim Tae-yeon, passed away at the age of 50 after a battle with breast cancer, causing sadness.
▲Kim Taeyeon, Park Jeong-ah (Photo = Kim Taeyeon SNS, TV Chosun ‘Tuesday Night Is Good’)
According to the Korean traditional music industry on the 15th, master singer Park Jeong-ah was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2019 and was fighting the disease, but passed away on February 14 at the age of 50.
Kim Tae-yeon, a disciple of master singer Park Jeong-ah, expressed her affection for the deceased by writing a hand-written letter to her teacher ahead of the finals of TV Chosun’s ‘Miss Trot 2’ in 2021, creating even more regret.
Taeyeon Kim said, “The teacher said, ‘Ouch. “You said, ‘If you make it to the top 3 of ‘Miss Trot 2,’ I’ll be cured of cancer. I’m trying hard to keep my promise, but it’s not going as well as I wanted. Don’t be hurt if I don’t make it to the top 3, but you should still be cured of cancer,” said master singer Park Jeong-ah. expressed his affection for.
▲Taeyeon Kim, Jeongah Park (Photo = TV Chosun ‘Miss Trot 2’)
Master singer Park Jeong-ah also appeared on Channel A’s ‘Eye Contact’ in 2020 and revealed her special affection for Kim Tae-yeon.
Master singer Park Jeong-ah said, “It was harder when my students left than when I was diagnosed with cancer. Our Taeyeon gave us a lot of comfort, saying, “Even if everyone leaves, I won’t leave.” “Taeyeon is a special student to me,” she said.
On this day, Taeyeon Kim was moved by promising to stay by Park Jeong-ah’s side until the end, saying, “Outside of my family, my teacher is still number one.”
▲Taeyeon Kim (Photo = TV Chosun ‘Icon Tact’)
Previously, as a member of the funeral committee for master singer Park Jeong-ah, Taeyeon Kim kept her promise by seeing off her teacher on her final journey. The chief mourner was Jeong Dae-hee, ‘Park Jeong-ah Pansori Preservation Association President’, and the funeral committee included Kim Tae-yeon, master singer Jo So-yeon, Kim Ae-ran, and Kim Jin-seon.
Meanwhile, master singer Park Jeong-ah is an important intangible cultural asset No. 5 Pansori Gobeop graduate and won the President’s Award for Master Singer at the Boseong Sori Festival National Competition in 2000 at the age of 26. Since then, it has been reported that master singer Park Jeong-ah has raised more than 100 Korean traditional music students.
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