Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- Veteran artist and former Rajya Sabha member Jogen Chowdhury died at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 87.
He had been suffering from a rare blood cancer and a urinary tract infection, and his condition had deteriorated over the past few days.
According to hospital sources, Chowdhury had been battling myeloproliferative neoplasm, a rare blood cancer, for the past 14 months and was undergoing chemotherapy.
He was admitted to the hospital on the day of Mahashashthi after falling ill during the Durga Puja festivities. His condition was critical, and he subsequently developed symptoms of sepsis following an infection. As his health worsened, he was placed on ventilator support on Saturday. Complications a...