Shepard, Esteemed Hollywood Actress Known for Her Roles with Elvis Presley, Passes Away at 96 Well, according to the reports, Lee Joo Shil has been battling with stomach cancer for long before she died.

The veteran Korean film, TV and stage actor died Sunday following a cancer recurrence diagnosis in November 2024.

Lee Joo-Sil can be seen in Squid Game as Hwang Jun-Ho (Wi Ha-Joon) and Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun)’s mother, Park Mal-soon. She was revealed to be quite the caring mother who was worried about both of her sons as they have been caught within the chaos of Squid Game‘s two season run thus far.

Lee Joo-Sil, who played Park Mal Soon, the mother of undercover detective Hwang Joon-Ho (Wi Ha Joon) and stepmother of Hwang In Ho (Lee Byang Hun) in the second season of Netflix’s dystopian drama Squid Games, died at her family home in Uijeongbu, South Korea on February 2. She was 81 and was diagnosed with stomach cancer in November 2024.

Squid Game actor Lee Joo-sil has died three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Lee played Hwang Joon-ho’s (Wi Ha-joon) mother in the second season of the dystopian Netflix drama. The 81-year-old died today at her family home in South Korean city Uijeongbu, national paper The Chosun Ilbo reports.

Her death comes just three months after Joo-Sil was diagnosed with stomach cancer. She was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer 30 years ago and given only one year to live. She battled for 13 years before being cleared of the cancer.