Renowned
Malayalam
actor
Pradeep
KR
aka
Kottayam
Pradeep
passed
away
today
(February
17)
due
to
heart
attack.
He
was
61
and
is
survived
by
his
wife
Maya
and
two
children.
Actor
Prithviraj
Sukumaran
mourned
his
death
on
Twitter.
The
Lucifer
actor
shared
a
photo
of
Kottayam
Pradeep
on
Twitter
and
wrote,
"Rest
in
peace!
#KottayamPradeep."
Let
us
tell
you,
Pradeep
breathed
his
last
in
Kottayam,
Kerala.
Details
about
his
last
rites
are
not
yet
known.
Kottayam
Pradeep's
demise
has
indeed
left
many
fans
and
celebs
from
the
Malayalam
film
industry
in
deep
sorrow.
Not
only
Prithviraj
Sukumaran,
but
director
John
Mahendran
has
also
paid
tribute
to
the
late
actor.
He
tweeted,
"A
very
natural
actor
#Pradeepkottayam
from
Malayalam
movie
industry
passes
away."
Talking
about
Kottayam
Pradeep,
he
had
started
his
career
at
the
age
of
40
in
2001.
He
had
acted
in
around
70
films
including
popular
films
such
as
Vinnaithaandi
Varuvaayaa,
Kunjiramayanam,
Welcome
To
Central
Jail,
Amar
Akbar
Anthony
and
so
on.