Yash Chopra’s Wife Pamela Chopra Passes Away at 74

In what came as a shocking incident in the Bollywood industry, Yash Chopra's wife Pamela Chopra passed away this morning (April 20). She was 74. The news of her sudden demise has sent a wave of shock and grief across the industry. It is indeed a heartbreaking moment for her sons Uday Chopra and Aditya Chopra and daughter in law Rani Mukerji.

According to media reports, Pamela was facing health issues for a while and was admitted in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital for 15 days now. The media reports further suggested that she was put on a ventilator, however, her health continued to deteriorate and she breathed her last on Thursday morning. To note, the YRF family is yet to issue a statement in this regard.

For the uninitiated, Pamela Chopra was a well known playback singer and a film producer. In fact, she had sung several songs in Yash Raj's films like Kabhie Kabhie, Chandni etc. This isn't all. She had even co-written the script of Yash Raj's iconic release Dil To Pagal Hai with Aditya Chopra and Tanuja Chandra and even appeared on the screen with the ace filmmaker in the song Ek Duje Ke Vaaste and the senior couple's chemistry made everyone go aww.

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Pamela was last seen onscreen in the YRF documentary The Romantics which was a tribute to Yash Chopra and Pamela Chopra's contribution to the industry. She was also known for sharing a great bond with several celebs including Shah Rukh Khan who even called Pamela as his 'surrogate mother'.

"Pam aunty is like a surrogate mother to me..I have grown up with her. Everyone who works with Yash ji knows he is like their child. I had the fortune of working with him in the maximum number of films including his last movie," King Khan was quoted saying after he was honoured with the National Yash Chopra Memorial Award