The last rites, which were performed at Pawan Hans Crematorium on Saturday evening, were attended by Bachchan, his son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
MUMBAI: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's longtime secretary and film producer Sheetal Jain passed away Saturday morning. He was 77.
Jain had been working with the Bachchan family closely for over 36 years. He had also produced Bachchan and Govinda 1998 starrer 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan'.
As per reports, Jain died in his sleep.
The last rites, which were performed at Pawan Hans Crematorium on Saturday evening, were attended by Bachchan, his son Abhishek and daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
Bachchan paid tributes to Jain on his blog and remembered him as "a simple man".
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Sheetal Jain had been secretary to Bachchan for a long time.
The actor, who helped carry the mortal remains of his close associate along with Abhishek Bachchan, said Jain was the picture of sincerity and honesty.
"He carried the burden of my work for almost 40 years... gentle, diligent, humble and the picture of sincerity and honesty... today I carried him to his last journey.
"Sheetal Jain my manager, secretary through thick and thin, passed away this morning after a short but severe battle in hospital... and flashes of his association through these 40 years, as a member of the family swept by," Bachchan wrote.
The "Badla" star said now there is a "vacuum" in his office and in their family.
"Saddened to know about the demise of producer Shri #SheetalJain ji. Knew him for a long time as Mr @SrBachchan's secretary. He was a very dignified and an extremely polite gentleman. May God give his family the strength to deal with this loss," Kher wrote on Twitter.
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Bhandarkar tweeted, "Sad to know demise of Sheetal Jain ji. He was a very humble, soft spoken and gracious person. Film industry will miss him. My condolences to his family and friends. #OmShanti."
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Emiliano Sala And Other Athletes Who Succumbed To Untimely Deaths During Their Journey
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A Flight To The End
Most athletes spend a substantial amount of time in transit, jet-setting between various venues. But some of these journeys have gone awry, resulting in their untimely deaths.
The 28-year-old Argentinian striker had become Cardiff City’s club-record signing when he put pen to paper on January 18. After finishing his medical at the Premier League club, he flew back to Nantes to bid goodbye to his former teammates. However, on January 21, the private jet on which he was returning to the United Kingdom went missing over the Channel Islands. Sala, who was one of the two people, along with pilot David Ibbotson, on the flight, left a WhatsApp voice message suggesting his plane “feels like it’s falling to pieces”. The wreckage of the aircraft and Sala’s body were located a few days ago.
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US Figure Skating Team
In February 1961, the 18-member US figure skating team was killed when the aircraft ferrying them to the World Figure Skating Championships, Prague, crashed in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium. When the plane went down, all 72 people on board were killed. While the cause of the crash was never determined, the tragedy was mourned by the then-newly inaugurated president, John F Kennedy. The International Skating Union cancelled the event to honour the victims.
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Hansie Cronje
In 2002, former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje was one of three people who died when the light cargo aircraft on which he had hitched a ride crashed in into the Outeniqua mountains in the Western Cape province. Cronje, who was 32 at the time, had been working as an account manager for an engineering firm after being banned from international cricket on charges of match fixing. Aviation officials cited bad weather as the reason for the crash, but several conspiracy theorists speculated that the former cricketer was murdered.
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Rocky Marciano
In August 1969, Rocky Marciano, the former undefeated heavyweight boxing champion, was killed on the eve of his 46 birthday when the Cessna aircraft in which he was travelling crash-landed in a dry creek in Iowa. According to reports, the light aircraft had taken off from Chicago despite warnings of stormy weather on their way. Marciano had retired from the ring in 1959 with an enviable 49-0 record. Marciano, who is regarded as one of the finest pugilists of all time, was en route to a surprise birthday party.
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Manchester United Players
Eight Manchester United players, died when their aircraft crashed just after take-off from the Munich airport in 1958. The United side, nicknamed the Busby Babes, were returning from Yugoslavia after knocking out Red Star Belgrade in the quarterfinals of the European Cup. The crash was attributed to ice that had accumulated on the runway at the time of take-off. The aircraft crashed through a fence and into a farm house nearby.
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