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据警方所述，2017年12月18日18时10分（[[韩国标准时]]）左右，金钟铉被发现于首尔东南部[[江南區 (首爾)|江南区]]清潭洞的一间公寓中昏迷不醒。早些时候，他的姐姐在16时42分首次打电话叫救护车，称她认为她的弟弟已自杀。据报道，他向其姐姐发送了含有“最后的道别”等字眼的短信。<ref name="ibtimes">{{cite news|last1=Varandani|first1=Suman|title=What Is Jonghyun's Cause of Death? K-Pop Band SHINee's Singer Dead |url= http://www.ibtimes.com/what-jonghyuns-cause-death-k-pop-band-shinees-singer-dead-2629695 |accessdate= 2017-12-18 |work= International Business Times |date= 2017-12-18 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171218123942/http://www.ibtimes.com/what-jonghyuns-cause-death-k-pop-band-shinees-singer-dead-2629695 |archivedate= 2017-12-18 }}</ref><ref name ="korea herald">{{cite news |title=[Update] SHINee's Jonghyun dies in hospital|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171218001047|accessdate=2017-12-18 |work= The Korea Herald |date= 2017-12-18 |archivedate= 2017-12-18 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171218122146/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171218001047 }}</ref>

处于心脏骤停状态的他被送往建国大学附属医院接受急诊心肺复苏治疗<ref name ="ibtimes"/> 。但他并没有恢复知觉，被医院宣布死亡<ref name ="korea herald"/><ref name ="yonhap eng">{{cite news|title=(LEAD) SHINee member Jonghyun dies in apparent suicide: police|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2017/12/18/0701000000AEN20171218010051315.html|accessdate=2017-12-18|agency=Yonhap News Agency|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218120158/http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2017/12/18/0701000000AEN20171218010051315.html|archivedate=2017-12-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/18/shinee-kim-jong-hyun-lead-singer-of-south-korean-boy-band-dies|title=Lead singer of South Korean boy band Shinee dies|last=Aroesti|first=Justin McCurry Rachel|date=2017-12-18|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-12-18|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 。调查人员在到达公寓时发现了在平底锅上灼烧的煤球，认为其死于[[燒炭自殺]]<ref name ="yonhap eng"/> 。警方表示，应钟铉家属的要求，将不会进行[[验尸]]<ref name=note>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42407766 |title=Jonghyun: Note shows K-pop star's struggles with depression |publisher=BBC |date=2017-12-19 |first= |last= |accessdate=2017-12-19}}</ref> 。12月21日，鐘铉的私人葬礼举行，由他的家人和亲密朋友出席<ref>{{cite news|title=Jonghyun: K-pop stars carry SHINee singer's coffin|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42435821|accessdate=2017-12-21|work=BBC News|date=2017-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=K-pop stars carry SHINee singer Jonghyun's coffin after suicide|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/k-pop-stars-carry-shinee-singer-jonghyun-s-coffin-after-suicide-9515878|accessdate=2017-12-21|work=Channel News Asia|date=2017-12-21}}</ref> 。

鐘铉去世后，他的好友、乐队{{link-ko|Dear Cloud|디어 클라우드}}的Nine在[[Instagram]]上公开了鐘铉拜托给她的遗书，上面提到了“吞噬”他的抑郁症，称自己“从内心开始出现问题”。<ref name=note/>