Thai Actor Beam Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote Dies Suddenly in Sleep at 25

The Straits Times ^ | 3/25 | Lim Ruey Yan

[nickcarraway]

Thai actor Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, better known as Beam, died suddenly in his sleep on Wednesday (March 23). He was 25.

According to Thai media, he was found motionless in his bed by his mother, who realised he was not breathing when she tried to wake him up.

He was sent to hospital and pronounced dead after attempts to revive him failed.

According to the Bangkok Post, the Thai police found no signs of struggle in his room and no evidence of foul play.

Preliminary investigations showed that Beam had played football on Tuesday night and eaten at a food stall before returning to his condominium in Bangkok.

His body has been sent for a post-mortem.

Fans have headed to Beam's Instagram page to mourn the actor. His last post on March 20 shows him smiling in a photo.

The actor is known for starring in the Netflix drama The Stranded (2019), which revolves around a group of students who are stranded on an island after a tsunami hits, and the boy's love title Water Boyy: The Movie (2015), about a group of male swimmers.

His Water Boyy co-star Ngern Anupart Luangsodsai, 25, posted on Instagram in Thai that he was glad to have been Beam's friend and shared publicity photos of the two of them together.

Beam starred as the coach in a new Netflix series - about the dramatic 2018 rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand - which is scheduled for release later in 2022.

[Charles Henrickson]

Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote, better known as Beam. . . .

I can see why.

[GreenHornet]

Preliminary investigations showed that Beam had played football on Tuesday night and eaten at a food stall

Okay, we can rule out Covid. Somebody ate him.

[Charles Henrickson]

"And the winner for The Longest Strangest Name of the Year is. . . ."

{opens envelope}

"It's a Thai!"

[DocRock]

Rare

[Surrounded_too]

70 million Thai’s. Probably well know to 20 million - More

fans than most of us will ever have.

[Tax-chick]

That’s very sad. I don’t think he’s very cute, but I’m not the target audience, obviously.

[Beowulf9]

🤣

[humblegunner]

70 million Thai’s. Probably well know to 20 million - More

Are you impaired some kind of way?

fans than most of us will ever have.

You may be having a stroke. Call 911.

[4Liberty]

[Georgia Girl 2]

When did he get his booster? 🤔

[bleach]

....But everyone knew him as Nancy.

[Mr. Blond]

Oh no! Not Beam Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote!

[TangoLimaSierra]

HA!

[Two Kids' Dad]

Wait… which Beam Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote was it? I know of at least 3 in my area.

[TBall]

Weird how everyone thinks the Vax. Once upon a time we would assume overdose when a young person died while sleeping.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Sad. RIP.

[Does so]

“Beam Papangkorn Lerkchaleampote”.

Use the common spelling...

[Jane Long]

LOL....sounds exactly like the FR $hot $hills.

[Varsity Flight]

Only his hairdresser will know for sure.

[Jamestown1630]

Some people think there’s no world outside of the US...