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# Song Hye Rim 성혜림 

dead Died aged 65 

Song Hye-rim was a North Korean actress, best known for being the one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%5FHye-rim)

Born

1937-01-24, Changnyeong County

Died

2002-05-18, Moscow, Russian Federation (breast cancer)

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

2002-05-18[source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%5FHye-rim)

Also known as

Song Hye-rim

## Family 

- spouse [Kim Jong Il](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-jong-il) Partner / consort, forced into secret relationship
- child [Kim Jong Nam](https://savenorthkorea.org/people/kim-jong-nam) Son, raised in seclusion

Machine-readable: [/api/people/song-hye-rim](https://savenorthkorea.org/api/people/song-hye-rim) · [Wikidata Q487289](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q487289) · Photo: [Wikipedia (non-free file)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Song%5FHye-rim%5Fportrait.jpg) (Fair use)