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Gulzar Dehlvi, poet
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Gulzar Dehlvi, poet

Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi, a popular Indian Urdu poet, died on June 12, 2020, five days after recovering from Covid-19. According to Anoop, the son of the 93 years old veteran poet, “He had his lunch at 2 pm, he was doing just fine. A few minutes later, he fell unconscious.” An ambulance rushed him to Kailash Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival. “Doctors did a check-up and told us he probably suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away. It’s shocking because he was doing better today. He kissed me on my forehead in the morning, had milk with biscuits, and had more small meals after that,” Anoop was quoted as saying by Indian Express. On May 28 night, Dehlvi fell sick, and was taken to a hospital, where his Covid-19 test came positive on May 31. Early June 1, he was sh...