Noted Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar dies

The actress was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here in Maharashtra since Sept 17

Tribune Web Desk

Updated At : 04:28 PM Sep 22, 2020 IST

Satara, September 22

Veteran Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar died at a hospital in Satara following a brief illness early Tuesday morning, hospital authorities said. She was 79.

The actress was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here in Maharashtra since September 17.

“Her condition worsened on Monday evening and she was put on ventilator support. She breathed her last today morning,” a senior doctor from the hospital said.

The actress was in Satara for a shooting.

She acted in several Marathi and Hindi films, and Marathi plays. PTI

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