Death
Murasoli Maran died aged 69 on November 23, 2003 at Apollo Hospital in Chennai. He was in coma for many weeks. Before treatment at Apollo Hospital, on November 14, 2002, he was admitted to the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, for ailments related to heart (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy=HTCM=HCM) and kidney. At the time of his death he was a Cabinet Minister, Government of India, without any portfolio. Prime Minister Vajpayee, and an array of leaders attended his funeral in Chennai.
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