Actor-scribe-satirist Cho Ramaswamy dies at age 82
The veteran political satirist who died in the Apollo Hospital here was also a close friend of J Jayalalithaa, the Tamil Nadu chief minister who passed away only two days ago.
He was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on Nov 29 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder.
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, who was popularly called Cho Ramaswamy, was multifaceted and also dabbled into writing plays and dialogues for films. He was also a lawyer. Cho and Jayalalithaa have worked together in 19 films.
He ran Thuglak, a Tamil language weekly news magazine.
As a political satirist and writer he did not spare names like J. B. Kripalani, Indira Gandhi, Karunanidhi, Chandra Shekhar, G. K. Moopanar, M. G. Ramachandran, Jayalalithaa, Ramakrishna Hegde, N. T. Rama Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and L. K. Advani, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted condoling his death: "Cho Ramaswamy was insightful, frank & brilliant. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family & countless readers of Thuglak."
"Cho Ramaswamy was a multidimensional personality, towering intellectual, great nationalist & fearless voice who was respected and admired," posted Modi, adding that above all he was a dear friend.
"I have been to his annual readers meeting which were an unprecedented editor reader interface," he said.
As a nominated member, he had served as a Rajya Sabha MP from November 1999 to November 2005.
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