Veteran actress Reema Lagoo dies in Mumbai

Mumbai, May 18 : Actress Reema Lagoo, best known for playing the modern-day Bollywood mother in films such as “Maine Pyar Kiya”, “Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!” and “Kal Ho Na Ho”, passed away on Thursday at a hospital here. She was 59.
Lagoo died of a cardiac arrest in the early hours of the morning at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.She was admitted to the hospital late last night after she complained of chest pain, the hospital’s Executive Director Ram Narain told PTI.
She is survived by her daughter Mrunmayee, who is also a theatre and film actress as well as theatre director.Lagoo’s son-in-law Vinay Waikul told PTI, “She was complaining of chest pain so we took her to the hospital at around 1 AM. She passed away due to a heart attack around 3.15 am.”She was perfectly fine and had no health issues… so it is really shocking for all of us that she is no more with us.” Born in Mumbai, Lagoo started her career with theatre, where she performed in several Marathi plays. She later took it as a full-time profession.
At the age of 30, she worked in Mansoor Khan’s “Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak”, where she portrayed Juhi Chawla’s mother Kamla Singh.