Murosoli Maran passes away
By Our Economy Bureau | 24 Nov 2003
Chennai: Murasoli Maran, a minister without portfolio in the union cabinet, died at the Apollo Hospital here yesterday after a prolonged illness. He was 69 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. The funeral took place today.
Maran underwent an emergency valve replacement surgery in September 2002 and has been in hospital since then. In November last, he was flown to the US and admitted to the Methodist Hospital and Research Institute in Houston, Texas. He was brought back to Chennai on 7 September and readmitted to the Apollo Hospital, where he breathed his last evening.