{"id":32468,"date":"2022-06-01T19:09:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-bollywood-singer-kk-dies-shortly-after-performing-at-concert-prompting-police-investigation\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T19:09:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T19:09:20","slug":"star-bollywood-singer-kk-dies-shortly-after-performing-at-concert-prompting-police-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-bollywood-singer-kk-dies-shortly-after-performing-at-concert-prompting-police-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Bollywood singer KK dies shortly after performing at concert, prompting police investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Indian police said Wednesday they are investigating the death of star Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, who died at age 53 after a concert.<\/p>\n<p>The singer died shortly after performing at a college festival in Kolkata on Tuesday evening, prompting a wave of tributes.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to hospital from his hotel at around 10:30 pm, where doctors pronounced him dead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Bollywood Singer KK Performs At Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/01\/d332d87d-4d52-4f04-b60a-73a6081589da\/thumbnail\/620x414\/be077ebf0f6fd43ef5744f1760f2d50a\/gettyimages-918464558.jpg 1x, https:\/\/cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/01\/d332d87d-4d52-4f04-b60a-73a6081589da\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/f297af2bacd54354948e9c6d01ae6765\/gettyimages-918464558.jpg 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Bollywood singer KK performs at Anugoonj, the annual cultural fest of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), on February 10, 2018 in New Delhi, India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>            Sarang Gupta \/ Hindustan Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aroop Biswas, a government minister in the eastern state of West Bengal, said KK had died of a &#8220;suspected cardiac arrest.&#8221;  But police said they are probing whether he died an &#8220;unnatural death&#8221;, with media reports saying there were injuries to his face and head di lui.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>An autopsy was to be performed later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are also talking to the hotel authorities and scrutinizing CCTV footage to understand what had happened before he was taken to the hospital,&#8221; said police official Sanjoy Mukherjee.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Delhi into a south Indian family, the versatile singer began his career with advertising jingles and recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali.<\/p>\n<p>Like other playback singers in India who become stars in their own right, his songs were featured in films in which actors lip-synched along to his vocals.<\/p>\n<p>His hits from the 2000s included &#8220;Aankhon Me Teri&#8221; from the movie &#8220;Om Shanti Om&#8221; and &#8220;Khuda Jaane&#8221; from &#8220;Bachna Ae Haseeno&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes to the singer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His songs reflected a wide range of emotions (and) struck a chord with people of all age groups,&#8221; Modi said on Twitter.  &#8220;We will always remember him through his songs by him. Condolences to his family and fans of him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Saddened by the untimely demise of noted singer Krishnakumar Kunnath popularly known as KK.  His songs by lui reflected a wide range of emotions as lui struck a chord with people of all age groups.  We will always remember him through his songs by him.  Condolences to his family and fans of him.  Om Shanti.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1531705161109843968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot believe that such a talented artist left us this way. He had two back-to-back programs in Kolkata,&#8221; composer Anupam Roy told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Fans paid tribute on an Instagram post put up by his management with photos showing KK singing in front of a roaring crowd.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Police officers carry the coffin containing body of Indian singer KK after a gun salute in Kolkata \" height=\"432\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbsnews2.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/01\/fc30be5f-539b-45bb-b659-9717cd7703cc\/thumbnail\/620x432\/96685bc9e69f74ee26f9ca8c538b8e66\/2022-06-01t113104z-1213041162-rc2xiu92acqe-rtrmadp-3-india-singer.jpg 1x, https:\/\/cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/06\/01\/fc30be5f-539b-45bb-b659-9717cd7703cc\/thumbnail\/1240x864\/27eb0676b74110b47433d9a61632c373\/2022-06-01t113104z-1213041162-rc2xiu92acqe-rtrmadp-3-india-singer.jpg 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Police officers carry the coffin containing the body of Indian singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, better known as KK, after a gun salute in Kolkata, India, June 1, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>            RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI \/ REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The post was accompanied by the caption &#8220;Pulsating gig tonight at Nazrul Mancha &#8230; Love you all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rest in peace legend, you will always be in our heart,&#8221; wrote one user.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re gone too soon !!!!!!&#8221;  commented another.<\/p>\n<p>One of the Hindi songs he sang at his last concert was &#8220;Pal&#8221;, which has the lyrics &#8220;whether we live or not, we will remember this moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Indian film industry has lost a string of luminaries in recent years, including superstar singer Lata Mangeshkar at 92 in February and veteran actor Dilip Kumar in 2021 at 98.<\/p>\n<p>The year before, India lost much-loved singer SP Balasubrahmanyam as well as actors <span class=\"link\">Irrfan Khan<\/span>Rishi Kapoor and <span class=\"link\">Sushant Singh Rajput.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Sidhu Moose Wala, a rapper popular at home and among the Indian diaspora in Britain and Canada, was <span class=\"link\">shot dead in the northern state of Punjab<\/span>.  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