Famous comedian Venu Madhav of the Telugu industry has died at the age of 39. His family and doctors have confirmed this news. Venu breathed his last at 12:20 pm today. The comedian and actor was ill for a long time and had been kept on ventilator since Wednesday morning.
Venu Madhav has had liver and kidney problems for a long time. He was on a ventilator at a hospital in Secunderabad. Venu's friend has tweeted about his death. He tweeted, "Actor Venu Madhav breathed his last at 12:20 pm. Both the family and the doctors have confirmed this. May his soul rest in peace."
39-year-old Venu Madhav has appeared in more than 150 Telugu and Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Tamil movies. He made his acting debut in 1996 and was last seen in the film Dr Paramanandaiah’s Students Gang, back in 2016.
Reportedly, Venu Madhav was discharged from the hospital on September 22 and was asked to have a liver transplantation. However, his health deteriorated and was rushed back to the hospital in no time. He has been hospitalised for the last two weeks and not doing well. The actor had been suffering from liver and kidney problems for many years now and it was the reason that he left movies as well.
Last year, Venu even expressed interest in contesting Assemble elections and had even filed nomination papers from Kodad assembly constituency.
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