Murasoli Maran passes away
Chennai: Murasoli Maran, a central minister without portfolio, died at the Apollo Hospital here on Sunday after a prolonged illness. He was 69 and is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. The funeral will take 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.

Maran was brought back to Chennai on 7 September 2003 and readmitted to Apollo Hospital, where he breathed his last this evening. A former commerce and industry minister, Maran was made a minister without portfolio in the cabinet reshuffle in November 2002. He was the nephew of DMK president and former Tamil Nadu chief Minister M Karunanidhi.
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