Veteran South Korean actor Byun Hee-bong best known for The Host, has died at the age of 81. According to Yonhap News, the actor had complications of pancreatic cancer, that have recurred for the second time after the treatment. Byun Hee-bong was born in Janseong County, South Jeolla Province and has attended Salesian High School in Gwangju. Following by, be took up law at Chosun University, but later dropped it to pursue acting. In the 1970s, he became known on TV as a character actor who played eccentric men who didn't quite fit with mainstream Korean society.source https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/news/south-korean-actor-byun-hee-bong-known-for-okja-and-the-host-dies-at-81-2023-09-18-893436
