It's just been two days since popular Kannada actor Chiranjeevi Sarja left us but the internet keeps refreshing his memories and one such is of him enacting Kutty Story from Vijay's Master. The lyrics, Life is very short Nanbaa; Always be happy' have made things a bit too difficult.
Sarja was laid to rest at the family-owned farmhouse yesterday. Countless fans and a bunch of celebrities paid their last respects to the departed actor.
According to the hospital authorities, the actor was brought to its Jayanagar unit in an unresponsive state around 2.20 pm on Sunday and was immediately shifted to the emergency room for treatment.
“On examination, he was found unresponsive with absent carotid pulse, cold peripheries and bilateral dilated pupils. Hence, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started according to the latest Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) protocol. Resuscitation was continued till 3.48 pm. During this time, intravenous medications, inotropes and advanced airway was used, pulse was achieved three times (ROSC), later continued to be asystolic. He was declared dead at 3.48 pm,” Dr Yatheesh Govindaiah, Unit Head of Apollo Hospitals, Jayanagar, said.
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