Rajya
Sabha
Member
of
Parliament
Amar
Singh
passed
away
at
the
age
of
64,
after
battling
a
kidney
illness.
He
had
undergone
a
kidney
transplant
in
2011,
and
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
in
Singapore
a
few
months
back.
Amar
Singh
is
survived
by
his
wife
Pankaja
Singh
and
his
two
daughters,
Drishti
and
Disha.
Amitabh
Bachchan,
who
was
a
dear
friend
of
Singh's,
took
to
his
Twitter
handle
to
mourn
the
loss.
He
shared
a
picture
of
himself
with
his
head
bowed
down,
and
wrote,
"Struck
with
grief,
bowed
head,
only
prayers
are
left.
Close
life,
close
relationship,
the
soul
is
no
more."
Boney
Kapoor
tweeted,
"Some
people
are
gone,
but
never
forgotten.
People
rarely
stand
for
others
anymore.
Amar
Singh
was
one
such
soul
who
stood
by
me
and
all
his
friends
in
troubled
times.
He
fought
many
storms
in
his
life.
For
himself
and
others.
You
will
live
in
my
thoughts
for
ever
#RIP
#AmarSingh."
Amar
Singh
was
a
former
leader
of
the
Samajwadi
Party.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
paid
tribute
to
him
on
Twitter,
saying,
"Amar
Singh
Ji
was
an
energetic
public
figure.
In
the
last
few
decades,
he
witnessed
some
of
the
major
political
developments
from
close
quarters.
He
was
known
for
his
friendships
across
many
spheres
of
life.
Saddened
by
his
demise.
Condolences
to
his
friends
&
family.
Om
Shanti."
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