Legendary actor B Saroja Devi passes away
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Veteran South Indian actor B Saroja Devi, ‘the Kannada Parrot’ who went onto enrapture Tamil cinema and became ‘lucky mascot’ for many of her heroes, died here on Monday.
She was 87. She died due to age-related ailments at her residence in Malleswaram, Bengaluru. According to sources, she was found unconscious at her residence and was rushed to a hospital nearby, where she was declared brought dead.
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The doe eyed beauty, who made her debut when she was 17 in a Kannada film, ‘Mahakavi Kalidasa’ (1955), went on to become a legend in not just Kannada, but also Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
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