Veteran actor Nana Patekar died of cardiac arrest due to a blood clot blocking the left main coronary artery, according to the post-mortem report.

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A senior doctor at the Government Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) confirmed the findings on Sunday.

The report said that the 75-year-old actor died due to a blockage in an artery responsible for supplying blood to a large part of the heart.

According to PTI, the post-mortem report has given the cause of death as “left main coronary artery thrombosis secondary to atherosclerotic occlusive coronary artery disease, a natural cause of death”.

Last hours of Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar was taken to a private hospital in the early hours of October 8 after falling ill at his residence in Dona Paula near Panaji, Goa.

According to doctors at the hospital, the actor’s caretaker had approached the medical facility seeking an ambulance, stating that Patekar was unwell. An ambulance was later dispatched to his apartment, which was located less than a kilometer from the hospital.

Doctors tried to revive the actor through cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for 45 minutes. However, their efforts failed, and he was declared dead at 5.10 am. A doctor initially suspected he had suffered a heart attack.

After his death, Patekar’s body was taken to GMCH for post-mortem to establish the cause of death.

The last rites of Nana Patekar were performed with full official honours

After the post-mortem, Nana Patekar’s son Malhar reached Goa to retrieve his father’s body. The bodies were first taken to Pune and later to the actor’s farmhouse in Donje village, where he was cremated with full state honours.

Many prominent personalities from politics, cinema and other fields attended the funeral to pay their last respects to the veteran actor.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, Union Ministers Ramdas Athavale and Muralidhar Mohol, Lok Sabha Member Sunil Tatkare, Naam Foundation co-founder and actor Makrand Anaspure, FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, and actor Jackie Shroff were present on the occasion.