Mumbai, Nov 19 Veteran Bollywood actress Tabassum, who hosted the iconic television series, "Phool Khile Hain, Gulshan Gulshan" on Doordarshan for two decades, passed away following a massive cardiac arrest, her son Hoshang said here on Saturday. She was 78.
Rushed to a private hospital after she suffered chest pain, Tabassum breathed her last around 8.40 p.m. on Friday, he said.
She is survived by her son, and other relatives including her brother-in-law and actor Arun Govil, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader.
"Her funeral rites were also completed late last night itself," Hoshang told .
He described her as being totally healthy and her sudden departure has left the family in a state of shock.
Tabassum was married to Vijay Govil, the elder brother of the films and television actor Arun Govil - who portrayed the character of Lord Rama in the epic serial "Ramayana"
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