A great loss to the music world: Anurag Thakur on KK passing away

New Delhi, Jun 01: Well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night. He was 53.

Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur said that his passing away is a great loss to the music world.

Taking to Twitter the minister said, Shri Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK) has made a different place in the hearts of people with his excellent singing. The news of his sudden death is shocking. very sad... KK was a talented and influential singer, his passing is a great loss to the music world which is impossible to compensate.

May God give strength to his family and fans to bear this loss and place the departed soul at his feet, Thakur also added.

KK was feeling unwell after reaching his hotel, following a performance at a concert in the evening where he sang for almost an hour, officials said.

He was taken to a private hospital in south Kolkata where doctors declared him brought dead, they said.

"It's unfortunate that we could not treat him," a senior official of the hospital said.

KK, known as a versatile singer, has recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali, among other languages.

(With PTI inputs)