Rain god too showered his blessings as the mortal remains of SPB were brought from the hospital to his residence. With profound grief, we regret to inform you that he has passed away at 13:04 hours,” Dr Anuradha Baskaran, Assistant Director Medical Services, MGM Healthcare, said in a statement.įor latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click hereīraving the Covid-19 scare, thousands of SPB’s die-hard fans made a beeline to his house in upscale Nungambakkam to pay their last respects to their favourite playback singer who healed their wounds through his magical voice. “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. However, he had a fever on Wednesday midnight that led to further complications in his health on Thursday after which the hospital said he was “extremely critical.” He also wrote “love you all” notes to doctors and nurses who attended on him during his stay at the hospital. His health condition improved as days progressed and the playback singer “actively participated” in physiotherapy sessions and was communicating to doctors and his son Charan by writing on a paper. Since then he has been on ventilator and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Though SPB, as he is popularly known as, posted a video on the day he tested positive for Covid-19 in which he looked cheerful, he was moved to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital on August 13. SPB will receive “police honours” at the funeral, the Tamil Nadu government said. His last rites will be conducted at his farmhouse in Thamaraipakkam in neighbouring Tiruvallur district on the outskirts of Chennai at 11 am on Saturday in the presence of close friends and family members. Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (74), who is survived by his wife Savitri, son S P B Charan, and daughter Pallavi, took his last breath at 1.04 pm at the MGM Healthcare, where he was receiving treatment since August 5. Legendary playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, whose magical and deep melodious voice gave life to thousands of songs that mesmerised millions of music lovers, transcending borders and languages, passed away in Chennai on Friday after losing a 52-day long battle against the novel coronavirus.
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