Veteran playback Singer and multiple-national award winner SP Balasubrahmanyam who regarded the voice of generations of India’s leading cinema heroes, breathed his last at 1:04 pm at a private hospital in Chennai, after battling severe COVID-19 pneumonia and complications for over 50 days.
The initial announcement of his passing was made to the media, by his son SP Charan, at the gates of the hospital, following which the hospital released a bulletin stating that he suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest. The 74-year old singer, fondly known as SPB, had released a video on Facebook, on August 5th, saying he was hospitalized after observing COVID-19 symptoms. Recent bulletins from the hospital had also said that the singer was in a stable condition, was conscious, and undergoing physiotherapy while under ECMO and ventilator support. However, on Thursday evening the…