Veteran cartoonist Pran, who passed away today, battled a multitude of health issues, including colon cancer for a year, and finally succumbed to a heart attack, his daughter-in-law Jyoti Pran told ANI.
Jyoti said, "He was suffering from colon cancer since a year. For the last 10 days, he was in an ICU in Medanta Hospital. He died due to a heart failure. He was also suffering from pneumonia and multiple organ failure; his heart sank in the end."
Pran was the creator of iconic characters like 'Chacha Chaudhary', 'Billu', 'Sabu' and 'Pinki', that captured the imagination of thousands of Indian children.
The 75-year-old artist was one of India's best known cartoonists and also received a lifetime achievement award in 2001.