'Just before the completion of Lou Gehrig's Hospital with Sean.." Park Seung-il Dies After 23 Years of Disease
Sep 25, 2024
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The Seungil Hope Foundation said on the 25th that co-CEO Park Seung-il was 53 years old at Seoul National University Hospital in Bundang" he said.
Co-CEO Park Seung-il finished studying in the U.S. after working as a basketball player at Yonsei University and Kia Motors, and was appointed as the youngest professional basketball coach at Hyundai Mobis in 2002. However, he was confirmed to have Lou Gehrig's disease in the same year when he was appointed as a coach and endured a battle with strong will and faith for 23 years.
Immediately after the confirmation of Lou Gehrig's disease, co-CEO Park Seung-il had a dream of building a Lou Gehrig's nursing hospital for his patients with Lou Gehrig's disease and his family's difficult disease-fighting environment. Even while battling the disease, he has been striving to realize his dreams by publishing a book written in various media, broadcasts, and eye mice 'Writing Hope with Eyes' (2009, co-authored by Park Seung-il and Lee Kyu-yeon).
Singer Sean has been with his dream for a long time.
Sean appeared on JTBC 'Newsroom' on the 22nd and expressed his hope in person about the world's first Lou Gehrig nursing hospital with co-CEO Park Seung-il.
Sean said, `I know that the Lou Gehrig Hospital, which I have dreamed of for 14 years, will be completed in December.' `It was built from the bottom, so I would feel overwhelmed to see it, especially now I usually see Park Seung-il having Lou Gehrig's disease for three to five years. Many people say they're going to heaven now. Park Seung-il held out for 22 years. So now CEO Park Seung-il has said, "I'm still overwhelmed when I think about how happy he will be when he sees the construction."
Contrary to Sean's hopes, CEO Park Seung-il died just before the completion of Lou Gehrig Hospital, causing regret.
CEO Park Seung-il said in an early broadcast of Lou Gehrig's disease in 2002, `I don't know how much time I have left, but I don't want to spend that time meaninglessly. I want to live for someone. Someone is a Lou Gehrig's disease patient."
The Seungil Hope Foundation said, `CEO Park Seungil lived according to his belief and now hopes that he will put down all the weight of his life and rest in peace in heaven.'
A mortuary was set up in Room 10 on the 3rd floor of the funeral hall of Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, and the coffin will be borne at 7 a.m. on the 27th.
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