Satish Kaushik passes away at 66, played Holi with friends before heart attack

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Satish Kaushik passes away at 66, played Holi with friends before heart attack (Image: Twitter/mybmc)
Satish Kaushik passes away at 66, played Holi with friends before heart attack (Image: Twitter/mybmc)

New Delhi : Famous Bollywood actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik passed away on Thursday (March 9) in Gurugram. He was 66-year-old when he took his last breath. The news of a sad demise was first shared by his one of the close friends Anupam Kher on social media. According to news reports, he succumbed to a heart attack. He was instantly taken to the Gurugram's Fortis Hospital where doctors tried to revive him but could not save his life. The legendary actor's body will now be taken to Mumbai after postmortem.

On March 8th, he was seen playing Holi with his close friends. On March 9th morning, Anupam Kher shared a picture of himself posing with the late friend and wrote: "जानता हूँ “मृत्यु ही इस दुनिया का अंतिम सच है!” पर ये बात मैं जीते जी कभी अपने जिगरी दोस्त #SatishKaushik के बारे में लिखूँगा, ये मैंने सपने में भी नहीं सोचा था।45 साल की दोस्ती पर ऐसे अचानक पूर्णविराम !! Life will NEVER be the same without you SATISH ! ओम् शांति! 💔💔💔 (sic)."

Soon after the news came to light, many Bollywood actress and his friends started sharing their condolences on the social media platform.

Satish Kaushik was born in Haryana. And was an aluminous of NSD and the FTII started the film career in early 1980s. He is known for his iconic character in movie Mr India. And also wrote dialogues for 1983 classic Jaane Bhi do Yaaro, which acquired a cult following over the years.

Satish Kaushik Heart Attack

It has been learned that the actor comedian Satish Kaushik was heading to a friends place in his car when he suddenly complained of uneasiness. He suffered a heart attack inside the car. He was then taken to the nearest Fortis hospital, but doctors couldn’t save his life.

Satish Kaushik Family

Talking about the family of Satish Kaushik. He was married to Shashi Kaushik and together they had a son named Shanu Kaushik, who sadly died when he was just 2 years old. After 16 years of marriage, Satish and Shashi were blessed with another child, a daughter need Vanshika was born in 2012.

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Played Holi before the demise

Satish Kaushik also played Holi with his industry friends before his sad demise. He had shared a bunch of pictures on the social media of playing Holi with his friends.