Veteran Bengali actor Partha Sarathi Deb dies at 68
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Partha Sarathi Deb, who was a popular face in serials had also acted in feature films including recently released ‘Raktabeej’, had acted in over 200 works
Veteran Bengali actor Partha Sarathi Deb died at a hospital in Kolkata where he was undergoing treatment, his family said on Saturday. He was 68.
Deb died at 11:50 pm on Friday night, they said. He had been suffering from COPD-related ailments for a long time and was admitted to state-run M R Bangur hospital for the last one month, they said. His condition worsened over the past week and he was in ICU.
Deb, who was a popular face in serials had also acted in feature films including recently released 'Raktabeej'. Deb had acted in over 200 works - theatre, serial, film and web series. He was vice president of the West Bengal Motion Picture Artists Forum.
The forum in a statement condoled his death and said his body will be taken to Technician Studio which was a familiar place for the late actor.
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