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Renowned painter Jogen Chowdhury, former TMC MP, dies at 87
Jogen Chowdhury, the celebrated Indian painter and former Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament, passed away in Kolkata on Sunday following an extended illness. The octogenarian artist had been battling a rare blood cancer for over a year.
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Chowdhury, 87, died at Ruby General Hospital in southeast Kolkata at 10:15 am on Sunday morning, the facility said in a statement. The artist had been receiving chemotherapy for myeloproliferative neoplasm, a rare form of blood cancer that he had been fighting for the past 14 months.
The renowned painter was admitted to the private hospital on October 16 after his condition deteriorated. During his treatment, he faced additional complications, including urinary tract infections that required further hospitalisation, according to the hospital's statement.
"It is with profound sadness that we announce the demise of Shri Jogen Chowdhury, the renowned Indian painter," Ruby General Hospital said in its official statement.
Chowdhury's contributions to Indian art and his subsequent political career as a TMC representative marked him as a significant cultural and public figure in West Bengal. His death marks the end of an era for contemporary Indian painting and regional politics.