Lee was diagnosed with cancer and, after 13 long years of fighting the disease, she finally passed away at the age of 81 in her home in Uijeongbu, South Korea. The third season of Squid Game is on the way. Will Park Mal Soon appear in the series? Here’s what we know.

Sil, best known for playing Park Mal Soon in the second season of Netflix’s Squid Game, has died. She was 81. She had been diagnosed with stomach cancer just three months before her death, the Korea Herald reported.

Lee's death comes shortly after she disclosed her stomach cancer diagnosis three months earlier. Lee's diagnosis marked a painful return to the world of illness for the actress, who had previously been told in 1993 that she had Stage 4 breast cancer and had just a year to live.

Sil, who appeared on season two of Netflix's Squid Game, died Feb. 2 at the age of 81 three months after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.