New Delhi: NDTV’s executive editor, Kamal Khan died after suffering a heart attack on Friday (January 14). He was 61.
Senior Journalist breathed his last at his Lucknow’s Butler Colony residence in Uttar Pradesh.
He has been the recipient of the Ramnath Goenka Award, and the Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Award from the President of India.
Sharing this with profound grief , shock and numbness .@kamalkhan_NDTV sir ,our long standing Lucknow bureau chief ,rock solid journalist ,someone we all looked up to for his hard hitting yet poetic report ,passed away this morning . Will share more details as and when available pic.twitter.com/fBsG9qGjBi
— Alok Pandey (@alok_pandey) January 14, 2022
Following the sudden demise of reputed Journalist, several members of the media fraternity, politicians, his viewers and several other paid tribute to Khan and offered their condolences.
He had been associated with NDTV for over three decades. He was very popular for the kind of language he used on and off the screen, the tone and his elegance.
Yesterday he had also done his PTC on Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections and explained about the high-profile exits of BJP MLAs ahead of the UP Polls.
चुनाव में नेताओं की एक पार्टी से दूसरी पार्टी में भागमभाग के क्या हैं मायने? बता रहे हैं कमाल खान… pic.twitter.com/D4kyIuis3K
— NDTV India (@ndtvindia) January 13, 2022
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also expressed grief.
बेहद दुखद। मशहूर पत्रकार कमाल ख़ान जी का आकस्मिक निधन पत्रकारिता जगत के लिए एक बड़ी क्षति है। ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करता हूँ कि उनके परिवार को ये दुख सहने की शक्ति दें।
विनम्र श्रद्धांजलि ? https://t.co/Gv79wZftAd— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 14, 2022