Thai Country Music Pioneer Pongsri Woranuch Dies at Age 85
Luk Thung, also known as Pongsri Woranuch, a well-known figure in Thai country music, died at the age of 85. Her son verified that she passed away at home early on Sunday morning. Woranuch had been suffering from a severe lung condition, which has been described as either cancer or chronic lung disease. She had apparently been hospitalized multiple times in the months before her death.
“And then Mom got on the last express train and left us,” wrote Jujuk Boonnachoti, her son, in a heartfelt Facebook post. No more agony, no more lonely frigid nights. Please forgive me, Mom, if I have done anything wrong, either in words or deeds.
Fans and artists throughout Thailand and abroad are grieving the passing of Pongsri Woranuch. On April 17, a funeral service is planned for the province of Nakhon Pathom.
