Roh died of suicide on May 23, 2009, by jumping off a cliff near his retirement home. He had been under investigation by state prosecutors for a corruption scandal that implicated several of his relatives and aides, a major blow to the image he had cultivated as a clean politician. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/05/23/George-W-Bush-honors-former-President-Roh-Moo-hyun-in-South-Korea/7161558598332/