62-year-old Roh was killed in a fall from a mountain near his home. Current President Lee Myung-bak said the news was truly unbelievable and deeply sad. The former president left a brief suicide note which read as follows:
I can't imagine the countless agonies down the road. The rest of my life would only be a burden for others. I can't do anything because I'm not healthy. I can't read books, nor can I write.
Don't be too sad. Isn't life and death all part of nature? Don't be sorry. Don't blame anybody. It's fate. Please cremate me. And please leave a small tombstone near home. I've long thought about that.
Roh apologized last month over allegations he and his family took $6m in bribes during his 2003-2008 term in office. He came from a humble farming family, but rose to the highest office on a platform of clean government and reconciliation with the North.
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