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India woke-up to a shocking news on Wednesday morning the 1st of June 2022 – well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night hours after a local concert.

He was 53, and survived by wife and two children.

KK performed at a concert organised by Gurudas College at Nazrul Mancha in south Kolkata for almost an hour in the evening.

He was “feeling heavy” after reaching his hotel, and soon collapsed, officials said.

News of KK had come within a short span of time as on Saturday last followers of popular singer Edava Basheer from Kerala mourned his untimely death who collapsed on stage at a music event held in Alappuzha.

Edava Basheer died on-stage while in the middle of a performance on Saturday night.  He had gone to Alappuzha to participate in a 50th anniversary of a popular music troupe, Bhima’s Blue Diamond Orchestra.

He was 78 years old.

In Kolkata last night, KK was taken to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

“KK was brought to the hospital around 10 pm. It’s unfortunate that we could not treat him,” a senior official of the hospital said.

Doctors at the hospital said they suspected “cardiac arrest” to be the cause of the death.