Veteran actress Shammi passes away at the age of 89

Tuesday, 6 March 2018 16:08

Veteran Bollywood actress Shammi, popularly known as ‘Shammi aunty’, passed away today (March 6) at the age of 89.

The actress was suffering from an illness for a long time, but she passed away today morning. Ace designer Sandeep Khosla revealed the news on Instagram, as he posted her picture and wrote, “wewillmissyou #you #will #always #remain #special #to #us #RIP #ShammiAunty #1929-2018 #loveyou #abujanisandeepkhosla #bestfriend #guide #family.”

Amitabh Bachchan also took to Twitter to mourn her death, as he posted, “T 2735 – Shammi Aunty. prolific actress, years of contribution to the Industry, dear family friend. passes away! A long suffered illness, age. Sad. slowly slowly they all go away.”

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