Lee's death comes shortly after she disclosed her stomach cancer diagnosis three months earlier. Lee's diagnosis marked a painful return to the world of illness for the actress, who had previously been told in 1993 that she had Stage 4 breast cancer and had just a year to live.

Squid Game star Lee Joo Sil passed away after painful cancer battle on Sunday.The South Korean actress, who starred in the second series of the Netflix hit, has died in the hospital at the age of 80.She played the character of Park Mal Soon,