Veteran actor Zohra Sehgal passed away in New Delhi on Thursday.<br /><br />A Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sehgal breathed her last at Max hospital here around 4:30 PM.<br /><br />"She died of a cardiac arrest this afternoon. She was unwell for last three-four days," daughter Kiran told PTI.<br /><br />Sehgal would be cremated tomorrow at 11 AM at the Lodhi Road crematorium.<br /><br />The news was broken in the night by historian Irfan Habib who tweeted, "Just confirmed that Zohra Aapa is no more."<br /><br />In another tweet, he said, "Extremely sad to know about d passing away of Zohra Sehgal, a woman who lived a full life on her own terms. Great loss to art and culture. RIP."<br /><br />Sehgal, a vivacious personality, started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.<br /><br />Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" in 2007.<br /><br />Offering his condolences, megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted,"Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102 yrs ..what a journey and what an immensely loveable co star ! Prayers for her blessed soul !!"<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/<br />For More information on this news, visit: http://www.itvnewsindia.com/hindi<br />Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/IndiaNewsTV<br />Subscribe to our You Tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/itvnewsindia
