Re-Blogged By: De De Tillman

Source: koreaboo

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Posted: Sunday June 3, 2018 @ 5:55 pm PST

Super Junior’s Leeteuk once said his devotion to his career and desire to succeed comes from his “unfortunate childhood, when [his] parents fought all the time and even physically beat [him].” Leeteuk wanted to find happiness, by making his dream come true and succeeding at what he does. So it broke tons of fan hearts when the news reported of Leeteuk’s father murdering his parents and taking his own life. Leeteuk was serving his duty in the South Korean military when he heard the news.

In 1998, Leeteuk’s father got divorced and he began living with his parents. When his parents were both diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and his mother with lung cancer as well, Leeteuk’s father fell into depression while looking after them on his own. Once the financial strain became too much to burden, Leeteuk’s father decided to place both his parents in a nursing home. Just a day before sending his parents off to the facility, however, Leeteuk’s father took his own life after murdering his parents. Leeteuk’s father left a will, stating he is “taking the parents with [him]”, hinting that he felt guilty about placing his parents in a nursing home, but he couldn’t manage to look after them anymore.

Leeteuk’s fellow Super Junior members helped him get through the funeral. This tragedy became quite an issue and stirred up talks of how the government should work harder to protect the senior population who become diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and other diseases.