• Legendary Indian comedian Raju Srivastava has died following a heart attack after being in the ICU for 41 days, as reported on Wednesday, September 21.

Indian comedian Raju Srivastava died after suffering a heart attack while training at a gym in August.

Srivastava was born in Kanpur, India, and later moved to Mumbai to pursue his dream of being a comedian. He would go on to act in small roles in Indian films such as Main Premise Ki Diwani Soon and Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa, and his comedy career took off after he participated in the Great Indian Laughter Challenge.

Twitter has been flooded with tributes following the announcement of the death of Indian comedian Raju Srivastava

“Comedian Raju Srivastava dies in Delhi at the age of 58, confirms his family. He was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on August 10 after experiencing collapsing chest pain while exercising at the gym-ANI
#rajusrivastava #rajusrivastava #RajuSrivastav #RIPRajuSrivastava”

“Om Shanti 🙏🏻 You will be in our hearts forever. Thanks for entertaining us. #RajuSrivastav
#RIP Legend of stand-up comedy!”

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