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  "description": "South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along with Shin Young-kyun and Kim Jin-kyu. Choi gained a popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as much dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered the public attention. 1952, Choi married a colleague actress, Kang Hyo-shil, the daughter of a noted actress, Jeon Ok with the nickname, \"Queen of Tears\" and a singer Gang Hong-sik. Choi and his wife had one son and four daughters including an actor, Choi Min-soo. However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the best popular actress at that time, so that Choi and Gang divorced in 1962. Choi soon married Kim Ji-mee, but he owed massive debts due to his failed film production. As a result, Choi chose to divorce Kim again in 1969. At that time, the phrase, Because I love you, I have to part from her was circulated among the public.",
  "birthDate": "1928-02-02",
  "deathDate": "1999-11-13",
  "birthPlace": "Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea",
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    "최무룡",
    "崔戊龍",
    "Mu-ryong Choi",
    "Moo-ryong Choi",
    "Choi Moo-ryong",
    "Чхве Му Рён",
    "Чхве Му-рён",
    "Чхве Мурён",
    "Му-рён Чхве",
    "Мурён Чхве",
    "Muryong Choi",
    "Choi Muryong ",
    "Choi Mu Ryong ",
    "Choi Moo Ryong ",
    "Choi Mooryong ",
    "Mooryong Choi "
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