Song Hae

 ( 1927 Births ) 

Song Bok-hee (; 27 April 1927 – 8 June 2022), also known professionally as Song Hae (), was a South Korean television music show host and singer. He had been the host of the longest running music show Korea Sings from 1988 until his death in 2022, and was also a veteran of the Korean War.

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Early life Song Bok-hee was born on 27 April 1927 in modern-day Chaeryong County, South Hwanghae Province in North Korea. His family was part of the Yeosan Song clan. Song started as a singer who majored in operatic singing in Haeju conservatory of music in 1949.

During the Korean War, he fled via boat to the south, arriving in the port of Busan. He later used the stage name, Hae (meaning sea), as a memory of this voyage. Song served as a military signaller for the South, and claimed to have transmitted the message for the ceasefire of the Korean War.

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Career In 1955, Song Hae debuted in the Changgong musical troupe. In 1988, at the age of 60, Song became the MC for Korea Sings (National Singing Contest) of KBS, a position he held until his death in 2022.

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Personal life and death In 1953, Song married his wife, Suk Ok-ee. In 1986, his son Chang-jin (19661986) was killed in a bike accident on the Hannam Bridge. On 20 January 2018, Ok-ee died.

Song died at his home in Gangnam District of Seoul on 8 June 2022, aged 95. He was cremated at a crematory in Gimcheon and his ashes were buried at the family cemetery nearby Songhae Park () in Daegu on June 10, 2022.

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Filmography

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Television shows

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Film

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Awards and honors

2001	Korean Entertainment Art Awards	Grand Prize (Daesang)	rowspan="4"
2008	Baeksang Arts Awards	Lifetime Achievement Award
2010	Korea Communications Commission	Achievement Award
2014	Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards	Order of Cultural Merit
2015	KBS Entertainment Awards	Best Couple	Look at Me (with Jo Woo-jong)
2016	Korean Producer Awards	TV Host Award	rowspan=3
2022	Guinness World Records	Oldest TV Music Talent Show Host
	47th Korea Broadcasting Prizes	Judge's Special Award
	KBS Entertainment Awards	20th Anniversary Special Achievement Award	Korea Sings

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Categories: 1927 Births, 2022 Deaths, Trot Singers, South Korean Television Presenters, South Korean Radio Presenters, South Korean Male Comedians, South Korean Male Singers, South Korean Military Personnel Of The Korean War, Yeosan Song Clan, People From South Hwanghae Province, People From Chaeryong County, South Korean People Of North Korean Origin, Hae

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