SAN FRANCISCO, November 15, (THEWILL) – Veteran Bollywood actor and star of Bengali cinema, Soumitra Chatterjee is dead.
Chatterjee, born in 1935, breathed his last on Sunday, at a hospital in Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, where he was undergoing treatment for nearly a month for COVID-19 and other complications.
“We declare with a heavy heart that Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee) breathed his last at 12:15 pm local time at Belle Vue Clinic today (Nov. 15). We pay our homage to his soul”, reads an official statement.
Chatterjee, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 6, had been under medical care and was facing secondary infections.
“In the last few days, Chatterjee’s condition had deteriorated and he was on a ventilator”, an official added.
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Chatterjee was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in 14 films.
