Hyun Bin’s death

The South Korean star Hyun Bin, known for his roles in Crash Landing on you, and Memories of Alhambra died from corona virus, despite being just 38 years old and in apparent good health.

The death of the South Korean star from Covid-19 has shaken people far beyond Korea, in large part because he was just 38 and reportedly had no underlying health conditions.

Medical experts said that Mr. Bin’s death underscored a multitude of unknowns about the coronavirus — including the ways it could imperil even young, healthy people who did not appear to be at increased risk of contracting severe disease.

“The idea that ‘I’m young, I’ll be fine’ is not an idea that we can completely subscribe to,” said Dr. Utibe Essien, a physician and health equity researcher at the University of Pittsburgh.

Cho-Hee, Mr. Bin’s friend, has said that he had no known pre-existing conditions that might have worsened the course of his disease. As more data emerges, serious cases of younger, healthy people like him are becoming less of an anomaly, doctors said.