Dara Singh Passes aeay after prolonged illness

Mumbai. After suffering for nearly a week, wrestler-actor Dara Singh passed away on Thursday early morning in Mumbai. The actor was 84. He breathed his last at 5:30 am.
Dara Singh, who was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital last week after a cardiac arrest, was taken back to his home on Wednesday night after his condition failed to improve despite continuous medical effort. Doctors, on Wednesday, had said that chances of Dara Singh’s recovery were poor.
To respect his wish – he wanted to breathe his last at his home – the family shifted him back to their residence yesterday evening.
Dara Singh personal physician Dr Agarwal said, “Yesterday, we brought him from hospital to home…his wish was that he be at his home between his family. He passed away at 7.30 am due to cardio-respiratory arrest, he had suffered paralysis a few years back, and he also had a very rare brain disease.”
Doctors said that Dara Singh had suffered significant brain damage after the cardiac arrest.
World champion wrestler Dara Singh, who joined the film industry in 1960s, was last seen in 2007 movie ‘Jab We Met’ alongside Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor.
Dara Singh, who was a Rajya Sabha member from August 2003 t0 2009, was best remembered for his iconic role as ‘Hanuman’ in the epic TV serial ‘Ramayan’.