Legendary Singer S P Balasubrahmanyam Dies At 74

Chennai, Nation Now

Celebrated singer S P Balasubrahmanyam died in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment. He was 74. Mr Balasubrahmanyam had been in hospital since August 5. Tributes to him poured in on social media soon after Mr Balasubrahmanyam’s son S P Charan announced his death. Eulogy posts were shared by two of Mr Balasubrahmanyam’s most frequent collaborators – Kamal Haasan and A R Rahman. Kamal Haasan, who visited the hospital on Thursday evening, tweeted in Tamil: “It’s my good fortune that I was the shadow image of SPB for a long time. His fame will live for 7 generations.” Rahman wrote, “Devastated.” Tributes were also shared by politicians such as H D Deve Gowda, Shiva Kumar and Khushbu Sundar as well as Hema Malini. Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya was among the first to share a tribute, writing “RIP SPB sir.”

SPB, as the beloved singer was popularly known, had been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. He tested negative over a month later but could not be taken off the ventilator. On Thursday, the hospital – MGM Healthcare – said in a medical bulletin that Mr Balasubrahmanyam’s condition had worsened in the last 24 hours and that he was on maximum life support.

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