{"id":12759,"date":"2026-10-31T08:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12759"},"modified":"2026-10-31T08:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:55:54","slug":"lim-hyung-joo-to-sing-ave-maria-at-funeral-mass-for-tv-legend-choi-bool-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12759","title":{"rendered":"Lim Hyung-joo to sing ‘Ave Maria’ at funeral Mass for TV legend Choi Bool-am"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Popera tenor Lim Hyung-joo will pay his final respects to veteran actor Choi Bool-am by performing \u201cAve Maria\u201d at the late actor\u2019s funeral Mass.<\/p>\n

According to a representative for Choi\u2019s family on Saturday, Lim will sing during the funeral Mass scheduled for 10 a.m. on Monday at Yeouido Catholic Church in Seoul. The Mass will be presided over by Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung.<\/p>\n

\u201cAve Maria\u201d is one of Lim\u2019s signature pieces.<\/p>\n

Lim is said to have shared a particularly close relationship with Choi, whom he affectionately referred to as his “uncle by marriage.”<\/p>\n

Following news of Choi\u2019s death on Friday, Lim paid tribute to the late actor in a social media post.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never imagined that my visit to see him in the hospital a few months ago would turn out to be our final goodbye,\u201d Lim wrote. \u201cI am deeply grateful that he always cherished my singing, attended my solo concerts with Aunt Kim Min-ja and offered me words of encouragement and wisdom. I love you, Uncle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lim also shared a photograph of himself with Choi, and recalled a conversation they had shared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still remember him telling me to smile and say my final goodbye when my time comes to leave this world,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI will try to honor those words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Choi died at around 10 p.m. on Thursday while receiving inpatient treatment at a hospital in Gangseo District in western Seoul. He was 87.<\/p>\n

His funeral is being held over five days as a Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation funeral, with the wake set up at Asan Medical Center’s funeral hall in Seoul. The funeral procession is scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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