Overview
- He was admitted to Bellevue Hospital’s ICU after a sudden medical emergency and had been on ventilator support since Monday evening, according to a family member.
- He died Thursday morning in Mumbai at age 73, with last rites performed in the afternoon at the Oshiwara crematorium.
- Videos from the funeral showed Arjun Bijlani emotional, consoling his son and serving as a pallbearer.
- Bijlani and wife Neha Swami cut short a Dubai holiday earlier in the week to return to Mumbai following the hospitalization.
- The couple has not issued an official statement, and reports differ on the exact cause, with most citing a stroke and at least one calling it a heart attack.