Om Shanti Om, Anupamaa fame Nitesh Pandey dies of heart attack, other celebs who died of heart attacks

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Popular TV serial Anupamaa’s actor Nitesh Pandey has died of a heart attack at the age of 51 following a cardiac arrest

RIP Nitesh Pandey

Nitesh Pandey was found dead at a hotel in Nashik. Prima Facie, the cause of her death was said to be a heart attack. Though, his postmortem report is awaited. He is said to have breathed his last at 1:30 am

Actor Nitesh Pandey’s death

Nitish Pandey used to play the role of Dheeraj Kapoor, Anuj’s childhood friend who had to sort differences between Anuj and Anupamaa

Nitish Pandey’s Anupamaa
character

Nitish Pandey started out as a theatre artist in 1990. His first TV show was Tejas where he played the role of a detective. He was also seen in Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone-starrer Om Shanti Om and Anupam Kher-starrer Khosla Ka Ghosla

Nitish Pandey: Career

Nitish Pandey was married to TV actress Arpita Pandey and had no kids. He was earlier married to Bhool Bhulaiyaa actress Ashwini Kalsekar 

Nitish Pandey’s family

Nitesh Pandey’s last rites will be conducted after the post-mortem report is released. No other details about his last rites have been shared

Nitesh Pandey’s last rites

- Ayushmann Khurrana’s father astrologer P Khurrana
- Satish Kaushik
- Raju Srivastava 
- Siddhaanth Vir Surryavanshi

Other actors, personalities
who died of heart attack

Days before Nitesh Pandey’s demise, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai actor Vaibhavi Upadhyaya died in a road accident. Producer JD Majethia informed in an Instagram story, saying, “Life is so unpredictable. A very fine actress, dear friend Vaibhavi Upadhyaya popularly known as 'Jasmine' of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai passed away. She met with an accident in the north. Family will bring her to Mumbai tomorrow morning... for last rites. RIP Vaibhavi.”

Sarabhai vs Sarabhai
actress dies

A few days earlier, actor, model and casting coordinator Aditya Singh Rajput of Splitsvilla fame was found dead in the washroom of his house in Andheri. He reportedly died of a drug overdose

32-year-old Aditya Singh Rajput found dead