Shim Jaehyun, the Okay-pop star identified mononymously as Jaehyun, has died at age 23 after a battle with leukemia. He was finest identified for being part of the band F.ABLE.
Information of his death unfold this week after an announcement on June 29. Shortly afterward, Jaehyun’s former F.ABLE bandmate Hojun posted a tribute to the late star, writing on Instagram Tales, “I heard the information too late … I’m so sorry I couldn’t be there on your final journey.”
“I typically take into consideration how I might have performed higher, and it’s regretful,” Hojun continued. “I hope you may shake off all of your worries and dwell comfortably there. Thanks for the roughly 5 years. I’ll pray that you simply eat a whole lot of scrumptious meals and do effectively. Come go to me in my goals.”
Jaehyun reportedly saved his sickness personal main as much as his loss of life.
The Mayo Clinic defines leukemia as a most cancers that impacts an individual’s blood-forming tissues, corresponding to their bone marrow and lymphatic system. “Leukemia normally entails the white blood cells,” the group explains. “Your white blood cells are potent an infection fighters — they usually develop and divide in an orderly means, as your physique wants them. However in individuals with leukemia, the bone marrow produces an extreme quantity of irregular white blood cells, which don’t operate correctly.”
F.ABLE debuted in 2020 below Haeirum Leisure, releasing first single “Burn It Up” that yr. After dropping further singles “Run Run Run” and “Child Don’t Cry,” the band went inactive, and three of the members finally fashioned a brand new group referred to as ENPHAZE, whereas Jaehyun stepped again from the general public eye, in line with All K-Pop.
However regardless that Jaehyun wasn’t an energetic performer in Okay-pop in recent times, many followers on-line are remembering him in mild of the information of his loss of life. “This hurts actually unhealthy,” one fan wrote on X. “I used to be with the group for a brief time frame and puzzled what occurred to him … His struggling is now over.”
One other particular person wrote, “He was actually particular and vital to me.”