Legendary playback singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Friday at 1:04 pm. He was 74. The singer was hospitalised in August at MGM Healthcare after testing positive for COVID-19. His health did well initially but later took a turn for the worse, and was put on a ventilator and ECMO support.
On September 4, he had tested negative for COVID-19 but continued to be on the ventilator and ECMO. In a further setback, the official statement from the hospital released where it was sad that the singer’s health was deteriorating!
And today, the hospital has confirmed the death stating, “In a further setback this morning, despite maximal life support measures and the best efforts of the clinical team, his condition deteriorated further and he suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest. With profound grief, we regret to inform that he has passed away on September 25th at 13.04 hours.”
Here’s the live video straight from the hospital where his die-hard fans, relatives and celebrities like director Bharathiraja amongst others could be seen breaking into tears. Here’s the heart-breaking video -