A tearful adieu to Dara Singh

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Family members, Bollywood fraternity and fans bid a tearful farewell to Rustam-e-Hind at his funeral in Mumbai. Thousands of his fans flooded the street outside his resident Dara Villa, at Juhu, Mumbai after the heartbreaking news was spread of his death. Wrestler-actor Dara Singh died in Mumbai early Thursday morning.

The former wrestling champion passed away after a brief illness. He breathed his last at his residence. He was 84.

Bollywood celebrities including Manoj Kumar, Abhishek Bachchan, Tabu, Rajpal Yadav, Anu Malik gathered at Dara Singh's residence.

The "Rustam-e-Hind" title holder is survived by his wife and six children - three sons and three daughters. One of his sons, Vindo Dara Singh, is a known name in showbiz.

On July 7, Dara Singh was rushed to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital by his family members following a cardiac problem. He had been in a critical condition since then. Two days later, he was put on dialysis after his kidneys stopped functioning.

Wednesday night he was shifted from the hospital to his Juhu home as it was his family's wish that he should be at home in the last stages of his life, a hospital official had told IANS.