Yoo Chae-yeong

{{Short description|South Korean actress and singer (1973–2014)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Yoo Chae-yeong

|image = File:Yoo_Chae-yeong2008.png

|caption = Yoo in 2008

|birth_name = Kim Soo-jin

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1973|9|22}}

|birth_place = Anyang, South Korea

|death_date = {{death date and age|2014|7|24|1973|9|22}}

|death_place = Seoul, South Korea

|occupation = Singer-songwriter, actress

|years_active = 1989–2014

|past_member_of = Cool

|spouse = {{Marriage|Kim Joo-hwan|2008|2014}}

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|child = yes

|color = transparent

|hangul = 김수진

|hanja =

|rr = Gim Sujin

|mr = Kim Sujin

|hangulstage = 유채영

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|rrstage = Yu Chaeyeong

|mrstage = Yu Ch'aeyŏng

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Yoo Chae-yeong ({{ko-hhrm|유채영}}; September 22, 1973 – July 24, 2014) was a South Korean singer, actress, and radio host.

Early life and education

Born as Kim Soo-jin, she made her entertainment debut at 17 years old as part of the group Punsudeul ("Idiots") in 1989, when she was still in high school.

Career

In 1994, using the stage name Yoo Chae-yeong, she became one of the original members of the popular K-pop group Cool.{{cite web|last=Ock|first=Hyun-ju|title=Singer Yoo Chae-yeong in critical condition with stomach cancer|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140722000669|website=The Korea Herald|date=July 22, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014}} She initially attracted media attention for sporting a shaved head, which at the time was a bold hairstyle rarely seen on female South Korean celebrities.{{cite web|last1=Ko|first1=Dong-hwan|title=Singer, actress Yoo dies of cancer at 41|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/people/2014/07/178_161661.html|website=The Korea Times|access-date=July 24, 2014|date=July 24, 2014}} Yoo left Cool a year later, going on to make up one half of the duo US in 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.maniadb.com/album/124192|title=Us 1집 – The Us Rage To See The Day We Rule!|access-date=July 24, 2014|website=ManiaDB|language=ko}} She embarked on a solo singing career in 1996, and her hit song "Emotion" (released in 1999), contributed to the nationwide spread of techno music.{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Sun-min|title=DJ Yoo Chae-yeong dead at 40|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2992493|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=July 25, 2014|date=July 25, 2014}}

As an actress, Yoo appeared in supporting roles in movies and television dramas, notably in the comedy film Sex Is Zero (2002) and its sequel Sex Is Zero 2 (2007). She was also a popular radio host on the MBC program Good Weekend, It's Kim Kyung-sik and Yoo Chae-yeong, known for her quick wit and self-deprecating humor.

In 2009, after nearly a decade of absence from the music scene, she released a new single titled Another Decade.

Yoo was diagnosed with cancer in October 2013.{{cite web|last=Jin|first=Eun-soo|title=Actress Yoo's cancer takes toll|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2992369|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|date=July 23, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014}} She died on July 24, 2014, of gastric cancer at the age of 40.{{cite web|title=Entertainer Yoo Chae-yeong dies of cancer|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140724000271|website=The Korea Herald|date=July 24, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Yoo Chae-young Dead of Cancer at 41|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/07/24/2014072401712.html|website=The Chosun Ilbo|date=July 24, 2014|access-date=July 24, 2014}}