{"id":11410,"date":"2020-08-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11410"},"modified":"2020-08-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11410","title":{"rendered":"H Vasanthakumar, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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H Vasanthakumar, Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on August 28, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 70-year old leader was admitted to an Apollo Hospital in Chennai on August 10 with a coronavirus infection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was in critical condition after contracting severe pneumonia and had been placed on ventilator support, doctors said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Despite all active medical measures, his condition deteriorated gradually due to COVID complications and he passed away today," the hospital said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Fondly called Annachi or brother, he is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter, a party spokesperson said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A first-time MP from Tamil Nadu, H Vasanthakumar had also been elected MLA twice in the past from the Nanguneri assembly constituency and was the working president of the state Congress committee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He also established Vasanth & Co, a chain of consumer electronics and home appliances stores and Vasanth TV, an entertainment satellite channel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

From his humble beginnings as a salesman, H Vasanthakumar went on to have his smiling face on billboards and ads for his vast retail chain across Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Born on April 14, 1950, the lawmaker was the brother of Tamil Nadu Congress veteran and noted Tamil litterateur Kumari Ananthan. Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan is his niece.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

H Vasanthakumar is the second lawmaker in Tamil Nadu to die of COVID-19. Earlier, DMK MLA Palakadai Anbazhagan had died after contracting the coronavirus.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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