Bigg Boss Kannada 7 contestant and senior journalist Ravi Belagere passed away in the wee hours today at the age of 62. He reportedly suffered a heart attack in his office in Bengaluru.
Ravi was taken to a hospital near his office but was declared dead at the time of arrival.
Ravi Belagere’s remains will be kept at the Prarthana School in Bengaluru for his well-wishers to come and pay their respects before conducting his last rites.
For those who don’t know, Ravi Belagere was well known in the Kannada media circles for his contribution to the field of journalism. He also was the founder of the Hai Bangalore tabloid and also started a magazine called O Manase.
Ravi’s tabloid covered the Bengaluru underworld, the city’s police force and the gangsters who ran rampant back in the day, extensively and closely.
Also in his career, he got prestigious awards such as the Karnataka Media Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award and the Rajyothsava award among others. As per news minute, Ravi was also an accomplished author with 70 books under his name
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