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K. W. Lee

K. W. Lee, American journalist (died 2025)

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Born
June 1, 1928
Died
March 8, 2025
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1928

About K. W. Lee

Kyung Won Lee was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States. Lee was also the founding president of the Korean American Journalists Association. Kyung Won Lee (Korean: 이경원; June 1, 1928 – March 8, 2025) was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States. Lee is best known for writing an investigative series on the conviction of immigrant Chol Soo Lee for a 1973 San Francisco Chinatown gangland murder which became the basis of the 1989 film True Believer, starring James Woods and Robert Downey Jr. In 1979, Lee founded the Koreatown Weekly, the first national English-language Korean American newspaper. He won awards from the National Headliners Club, the AP News Executive Council, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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K. W. Lee timeline

  1. Kyung Won Lee (Korean: 이경원; June 1, 1928 – March 8, 2025) was an American journalist who worked for mainstream daily publications in the continental United States.
  2. Lee is best known for writing an investigative series on the conviction of immigrant Chol Soo Lee for a 1973 San Francisco Chinatown gangland murder which became the basis of the 1989 film True Believer, starring James Woods and Robert Downey Jr.
  3. In 1979, Lee founded the Koreatown Weekly, the first national English-language Korean American newspaper.

The world when K. W. Lee was born

K. W. Lee was born in 1928. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1928

  • #1 song"Makin' Whoopee" – Eddie Cantor
  • Top movieSteamboat Willie (first Mickey Mouse)
  • Best-selling bookLady Chatterley's Lover – D.H. Lawrence

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentKnute Rockne's "Win one for the Gipper" speech
  • Top headlineHerbert Hoover elected president
  • Technology milestonePenicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming
  • Defining fadMickey Mouse mania
  • Notable inventionSliced bread
  • World population2.07 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population120.5M

1928 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in K. W. Lee's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19282026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,200$435,000
Average income$3,800$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population120.5M341 million

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