Famous Bengali poet and writer Sunil Gangopadhyay dies

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Sunil Gangopadhyay

Sunil Gangopadhyay, the famous Bengali poet and writer, passed away at his Kolkata home in the early hours of Tuesday. He was 78.

Indian media reported that Sunil breathed his last at his residence in Kolkata around 2am and that he was suffering from various ailments for quite a while.

His family friend Dipendu Bhattacharya said he was not keeping well of late. “He was supposed to go to the doctor. But he said he would go later. We had a long conversation at night… he (Sunil) went to the bathroom and after several minutes he had a heart attack.”

News Source: bdnews24.com

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