Prashant
Tamang
Death
Reason:
Indian
Idol
season
3
winner
Prashant
Tamang
has
died
at
the
age
of
43,
leaving
fans
stunned.
Prashant
Tamang
passed
away
on
11
January,
a
Sunday,
at
the
residence
in
Delhi.
Media
reports
state
Prashant
Tamang
was
taken
to
hospital,
where
doctors
declared
Prashant
Tamang
dead
on
arrival.
The
news
spread
quickly
across
music
and
screen
communities
in
India
and
abroad.
Many
who
followed
Indian
Idol
since
2007
recalled
Prashant
Tamang’s
journey
from
uniformed
service
to
national
fame.
For
Gorkha
households
across
regions,
the
news
felt
deeply
personal
and
emotional.
Prashant
Tamang
was
born
on
4
January
1983
in
Darjeeling,
West
Bengal,
into
a
family
linked
to
public
service.
Prashant
Tamang
auditioned
for
Indian
Idol
in
2007.
Once
Prashant
Tamang
entered
the
show,
organised
support
campaigns
grew
across
the
Darjeeling
hills,
Sikkim,
and
Nepal.
Those
efforts
helped
Prashant
Tamang
secure
the
Indian
Idol
Season
3
title
with
70
million
votes.
Later
Prashant
was
seen
in
Gorkha
Paltan
in
2010,
Nishani
in
2014,
and
Pardesi
in
2015.
He
also
grabbed
a
lot
of
eyeballs
with
his
role
as
sniper
Daniel
Acho
in
Paatal
Lok
Season
2.
There
have
been
speculations
about
what
happened
to
Prashant
suddenly.
Prashant
Tamang
Death
Reason
According
to
media
reports,
Prashand
Tamang,
who
had
turned
to
the
National
Capital
after
a
live
performance
in
Arunachal
Pradesh,
suffered
a
cardiac
arrest.
He
was
seen
rushed
to
a
hospital
in
Dwarka,
where
he
was
reportedly
declared
brought
dead.
The
media
reports
also
suggested
that
Prashant
suffered
no
major
health
complication
before
his
sudden
collapse.
Prashant
Tamang
is
survived
by
wife
Geeta
Thapa
and
their
young
son.
Relatives
are
still
discussing
whether
the
last
rites
will
take
place
in
Delhi
or
in
Darjeeling.
Talking
about
the
work
front,
there
are
reports
that
Prashant
will
be
last
seen
in
Salman
Khan’s
much
awaited
Battle
of
Galwan
in
a
key
role