Nam Suk Lee, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Supreme Grandmaster of Chang Moo Kwan
Date of Birth: 28-Jun-1925
Date of Death: 29-Aug-2000
Profession: martial artist
Nationality: South Korea
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Nam Suk Lee
- Nam Suk Lee (June 28, 1925 – August 29, 2000) born in the city of Yeo Joo, is credited with co-founding the traditional Korean martial art of Chang Moo Kwan in the mid-1940s, and then promoting and expanding it globally.
- Chang Moo Kwan was one of the five original Kwans which became Tae Kwon Do in the mid 1950s.
- In his later life Nam Suk Lee was to make the seaside community of San Pedro, California his home, where he reestablished his traditional roots in Chang Moo Kwan.
- He was 75 and still actively teaching Chang Moo Kwan through the San Pedro YMCA.
- Nam Suk Lee died in the neighboring Southern California community of Torrance on August 29, 2000, due to a stroke.
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