By: Shree1news, 24 NOV 2020
TV Actor Ashiesh Roy passed away due to kidney failure on Tuesday. He was 55. Roy had been retaining unwell for some time and was admitted to the ICU in a Mumbai hospital in May this year.
Ashiesh Roy’s staff member confirmed the information. He informed that the actor died at his home.
“He collapsed around 3.45 am. He had a kidney ailment and his dialysis was also going on but he had gotten better in the last few weeks… His sister will arrive from Kolkata in the night. A call on funeral will be then taken,” the staff member said.
The Cine & TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) expressed solidarity for Ashiesh Roy by way of a social media post. “#CINTAA expresses its deepest condolence on the demise of Shri Ashiesh Roy (Member since: January 2003)” CINTAA’s Facebook post read.
Celebs like filmmakers Hansal Mehta and Ashwini Chaudhary, together with actors Sooraj Thapar, Aasif Sheikh, Tinaa Ghai and Ssumier S Pasricha additionally tweeted their condolences for Ashiesh Roy.
Ashiesh Roy is thought for showing in tv shows like Remix, Baa Bahu Aur Baby, Sasural Simar Ka, Mere Angne Mein and Aarambh, apart from films like Home Delivery and Raja Natwarlal.
In May, Ashiesh Roy had announced on social media that he was on dialysis and even sought financial help. “I am in the ICU… Very ill. Dialysis,” Ashiesh Roy first wrote on Facebook, followed by another post that read, “Need your urgent money for dialysis (sic).”
Following Ashiesh Roy’s social media posts, filmmaker Hansal Mehta also requested film bodies to provide monetary help to the ailing actor.
Source: A-N