Maeng Yu-na

Maeng was born on 28 October 1989.{{Cite news|last=Soo-bin|first=Kwon|date=8 January 2019|title=맹유나, 지난 12월 심장마비 사망 "지병 없었는데..믿어지지 않아"|language=ko|trans-title=Yu-na Maeng, died of a heart attack in December "I had no medical conditions... I can't believe it"|work=Asia Business Daily|url=https://nc.asiae.co.kr/view.htm?idxno=2019010809593436587|access-date=4 September 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064611/https://nc.asiae.co.kr/view.htm?idxno=2019010809593436587|url-status=live}} She was the daughter of the singer's Cho Yong-pil's former manager Maeng Jung-ho.{{cite news|last=Min-young|first=Lee|title=Singer-songwriter Maeng Yuna dies at 29|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/01/682_261695.html|work=The Korea Times|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205453/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/01/682_261695.html|url-status=live}} Maeng wanted to become a singer but her father opposed this choice of career on several occasions because he felt it would not be easy for her. She was inspired by Cho during her childhood years. In 2005, she performed on the original soundtracks of the television series' Lovers in Prague and Spring Waltz. The following year, Maeng sung on the original soundtrack of the television programme The Famous Seven Princesses.{{Cite web|title='맹유나'인물 정보|trans-title='Yuna Maeng'person information|url=http://w3.sbs.co.kr/search/main.do?query=%EB%A7%B9%EC%9C%A0%EB%82%98|url-status=live|access-date=4 September 2021|publisher=Seoul Broadcasting System|language=ko|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064610/http://w3.sbs.co.kr/search/main.do?query=%EB%A7%B9%EC%9C%A0%EB%82%98}} She made her professional debut under the stage name "Memory" in Japan in 2007. After making her debut in Japan, Maeng released her first full-length album in Korea called The Peacock 001. It became a commercial success when one of the album's songs "Paradise" was used as background music for the television entertainment programme Introducing the Star's Friend broadcast by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC).{{cite news|last=Kyung-yoon|first=Kang|title='조용필 매니저' 부친 둔 가수 故맹유나는 누구?|trans-title=Who is the late singer Maeng Yuna who had the father of 'Cho Yong-pil's manager'?|url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005088075|publisher=Seoul Broadcasting System|language=ko|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205500/https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005088075|url-status=live}} This earned Maeng the Rookie of the Month award at the Cyworld Digital Music Awards in February 2009.{{cite news|last=Eun-goo|first=Kim|title='소녀시대' 윤아-'메모리' 유나, 시상식 조우|trans-title='Girls' Generation' Yoona and 'Memory' Yuna meet at the awards ceremony|url=https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01272646589594784&mediaCodeNo=258|work=Edaily|language=ko|date=27 February 2009|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205502/https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01272646589594784&mediaCodeNo=258|url-status=live}}

She stopped using the stage name "Memory" until 2009,{{cite news|title='심장마비로사망'맹유나, 생전 소녀시대 윤아와 다정했던 사진...|trans-title='Died of a heart attack' Maeng Yu-na and Girls' Generation's Yoona and affectionate photo...|url=http://m.joongdo.co.kr/view.php?key=20190108001012156|work=Joongdo Ilbo|language=ko|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205454/http://m.joongdo.co.kr/view.php?key=20190108001012156|url-status=live}} and began using her birth date in her professional life as a result of an image problem since the term "Memory" was widely used as a term for computer memory.{{cite news|title="이제 '맹유나'로 활동해요"|trans-title=“Now I work as ‘Yuna Maeng’”|url=http://www.gjdream.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=415670|work=Gwangju Dream|language=ko|date=31 January 2010|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205454/http://www.gjdream.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=415670|url-status=live}} Maeng also began working with a rival management company at the conclusion of 2009. In 2010, she released the single Don't Ask and performed in a mini-concert with the guitarist Kim Do-kyun at MBC.{{cite news|last=Seong-chan|first=Ahn|title=백두산 기타리스트 김도균, 신인가수 맹유나와 미니콘서트|trans-title=Baekdusan Guitarist Kim Do-gyun and rookie singer Maeng Yu-na have a mini-concert|url=https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/613440|work=EToday|language=ko|date=26 July 2010|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205455/https://www.etoday.co.kr/news/view/613440|url-status=live}} Maeng's single Don't Ask was given airtime on the musical broadcasts on MBC Radio and she went on to release the modern rock singles Vanilla Bongbong and Cherry Pie the following year.{{cite news|last=Wong-gyeom|first=Kim|title=맹유나, '팜파탈'로 변신해 10개월만에 컴백|trans-title=Maeng Yuna, comeback after 10 months in 'Farm Fatal'|url=https://sports.donga.com/ent/article/all/20120619/47141421/1|work=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko|date=19 June 2012|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205453/https://sports.donga.com/ent/article/all/20120619/47141421/1|url-status=live}} In September 2012, she travelled to Nepal to volunteer alongside fellow Korean musicians with construction volunteers at a remote village called Birethanti to play music to local children as part of the television documentary KOICA's Dream.{{Cite news|last=Joo-hwan|first=Park|date=26 October 2012|title=싱어송라이터 맹유나, '코이카' 네팔 봉사의 감동을 노래로 만든다|language=ko|trans-title=Singer-songwriter Maeng Yu-na, 'KOICA' makes the emotion of volunteering in Nepal into a song|work=The Joong-Ang News Korea|url=http://www.ejanews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=52186|access-date=4 September 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064612/http://www.ejanews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=52186|url-status=live}} In October 2014, Maeng released her second full-length album Comma with a theme of Relax to You. She became a jazz musician during the album's production and collaborated with the jazz musician Yoon Seok-cheol on its lead single Let's Dance.{{cite news|last=Woo-young|first=Jo|date=17 October 2014|title=맹유나, 재즈 뮤지션 변신…2집 '콤마' 발표|language=ko|trans-title=Yuna Maeng, transformed into a jazz musician... 2nd album 'Comma' released|work=Maeil Business Newspaper|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/musics/view/2014/10/1324437/|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205455/https://www.mk.co.kr/star/musics/view/2014/10/1324437/|url-status=live}}

At the time of her death, Maeng was working and preparing for the release of her third full-length album in June 2019 and was invited to take up a professorship at the Department of Applied Music at an unnamed university.{{cite news|last=Ji-eun|first=Park|title=가수 맹유나, 심장마비로 숨져…생전 마른 모습 재조명|trans-title=Singer Maeng Yu-na dies of a heart attack... Re-examine your skinny appearance|url=https://www.upinews.kr/newsView/upi201901080045|agency=United Press International|language=ko|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205502/https://www.upinews.kr/newsView/upi201901080045|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Min-ji|first=Kim|title="'아이돌 될 걸' 후회하면서도 만들었던 노래" 유작이 된 곡은 무엇?|trans-title=After Maeng Yu-na's death: “A song that I made even though I regretted becoming an idol.” What song became your last song?|url=https://www.ilyosisa.co.kr/mobile/article.html?no=202009|work=Ilyo Sisa|language=ko|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205455/https://www.ilyosisa.co.kr/mobile/article.html?no=202009|url-status=live}} During her career, she released a total of ten works, two full-length albums and eight single albums.{{cite news|last=Da-gyeom|first=Lee|date=8 January 2019|title=가수 맹유나, 지난해 12월 심장마비로 사망...'29세 꽃다운 나이'|language=ko|trans-title=Singer Maeng Yu-na died of a heart attack in December of last year...'29-year-old flowery age'|work=Maeil Business Newspaper|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2019/01/14183/|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064611/https://www.mk.co.kr/star/hot-issues/view/2019/01/14183/|url-status=live}}

Maeng was a veterinarian from 2014 onwards. On 26 December 2018, she died of a heart attack at her home; she did not have any medical conditions.{{cite news|last=Hee-jin|first=Yeon|title=맹유나-진형 돌연사 부른 심장마비, 전조증상 살펴야|trans-title=Maeng Yuna-Jinhyeong Sudden Death, Heart Attack, Look Out For Symptoms|url=http://kormedi.com/1260938/%EB%A7%B9%EC%9C%A0%EB%82%98-%EC%A7%84%ED%98%95-%EB%8F%8C%EC%97%B0%EC%82%AC-%EB%B6%80%EB%A5%B8-%EC%8B%AC%EC%9E%A5%EB%A7%88%EB%B9%84-%EC%A0%84%EC%A1%B0%EC%A6%9D%EC%83%81-%EC%82%B4%ED%8E%B4%EC%95%BC/|work=Kormedi|language=ko|date=8 January 2019|accessdate=3 September 2021|archive-date=3 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903205454/http://kormedi.com/1260938/%EB%A7%B9%EC%9C%A0%EB%82%98-%EC%A7%84%ED%98%95-%EB%8F%8C%EC%97%B0%EC%82%AC-%EB%B6%80%EB%A5%B8-%EC%8B%AC%EC%9E%A5%EB%A7%88%EB%B9%84-%EC%A0%84%EC%A1%B0%EC%A6%9D%EC%83%81-%EC%82%B4%ED%8E%B4%EC%95%BC/|url-status=live}} Maeng received a small, private funeral with close acquaintances, and she was buried at Gimpo's Rainbow Hill Memorial Park.{{Cite news|last=Young-row|first=Kim|date=8 January 2019|title=[직격인터뷰]故맹유나 아버지 심경고백 "함께 저녁 먹기로 약속했었는데…"|language=ko|trans-title=[Direct Interview] The late Maeng Yu-na's father's confession of heart "We promised to have dinner together..."|work=The Chosun Ilbo|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/01/08/2019010801623.html|access-date=4 September 2021|archive-date=4 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904064611/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2019/01/08/2019010801623.html|url-status=live}}

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