Veteran Telugu actor Krishna died on Tuesday at a city-based personal super-specialty hospital the place he was present process remedy following a cardiac arrest.

He was 80.

Mr Krishna, father of famous person Mahesh Babu, was admitted to the hospital within the early hours of Monday and was placed on ventilator.

He was being handled by a multi-disciplinary workforce of docs following the cardiac arrest. The actor handed away at 4 am on Tuesday, hospital sources mentioned.

Mr Krishna, initially Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna Murthy, had acted in 350 movies and was one of many prime actors of his time. He was additionally a profitable director and producer. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2009.

Mr Krishna was additionally the father-in-law of TDP chief Jay Galla. He had joined the Congress and have become an MP within the Eighties however stop politics after former PM Rajiv Gandhi’s loss of life.

His spouse and Mahesh Babu’s mom Indira Devi died in September this 12 months. His elder son Ramesh Babu died in January. Actress Vijaya Nirmala, who was his second spouse, had died in 2019.