Lyricist Jang Kyung-soo, who wrote Cho Yong-pil’s “Scar,” Jang Ki-ha’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” and Choi Jin-hee’s “Little Doll,” dies at 73, leaving 1,300 songs behind
He died on the 29th after battling liver cancer; a giant of Korean popular music also wrote Yoo Mi-ri’s “Note of Youth”
From the struggles of ordinary people to the passion of youth, a source of beloved songs spanning generations Jang Kyung-soo (born Jang Hee-won), a lyricist, died on the morning of the 29th at age 73 after battling liver cancer.
