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Tamil actor Manorama dies of heart attack in Chennai
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Veteran actor Manorama died of of cardiac arrest in Chennai late on Saturday. She was 78 and she is survived by her son and singer-actor Bhoopathy.
Veteran actor Manorama died of of cardiac arrest in Chennai late on Saturday. She was 78 and she is survived by her son and singer-actor Bhoopathy.
Manorama, popularly called as Aachi, was born on May 26, 1937. She started her career as a stage artiste and acted in more than 1,200 films and 1,000 plays. She set a Guinness record when she completed 1,000 films.
She also acted with five CMs including N T Rama Rao, MGR and J Jayalalithaa. She won several awards including the National Award for Best Supporting Actor for her performance in "Pudhiya Padhai". She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2002.
As news spread, several actors took to social networking sites to condole her death.
A sad day in the history of tamil cinema..1 of the greatest actor #MANORAMA fondly known as #AACHI is no more with us..a legend has left us.
— khushbusundar (@khushsundar) October 10, 2015 A vacuum will remain forever..nobody can ever replace her.. https://t.co/wAw7MECuHR
— khushbusundar (@khushsundar) October 10, 2015 So many memories I have wid AACHI..all will remain close to my heart forever.. RIP Aachi ma..
— khushbusundar (@khushsundar) October 10, 2015 What a great loss manorama Aachi passed away . RIP to a great person
— Radikaa Sarathkumar (@realradikaa) October 10, 2015 So many memories, time shared, great laughs spoke to her yesterday. Thoughts running across my head, so shocked. Just going to her place.
— Radikaa Sarathkumar (@realradikaa) October 10, 2015By:G.Anjali 
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