Rock star Ayub Bachchu passes away

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UNB, Dhaka :
Ayub Bachchu, a celebrated guitarist, song writer, composer and singer, died of cardiac arrest at his Moghbazar residence in the city on Thursday. He was 56.
Dr Mohammad Nazim Uddin, spokesperson of Square Hospitals Ltd, said the driver of Ayub Bachchu took him to the hospital around 9:40 am and doctors declared him dead around 9:55 am.
The famous singer had been suffering from heart disease for long and the performance rate of his heart was 30 percent, he said.
Now the body of the singer has been kept at the mortuary of the hospital, he added.
His body will be kept at Shaheed Minar from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm on Friday so that people can pay tributes to the popular singer, said singer Hassan Abidur Reja Jewel in his Facebook post.
Then, his namaj-e-janaza will be held at the National Eidgah after Jumma prayers.
The legendary singer will be buried beside his mother’s grave in his home district Chattogram, said the post.
Bachchu, the lead guitarist of musical band ‘LRB’ (Love Runs Blind), was born in Chattogram on August 16, 1962.
Bachchu made his debut in the music industry by giving voice in the song ‘Harano Bikeler Golpo’.
In 1986, he released his first music album ‘Rakto Golap’. His success story began when his second album ‘Moyna’ was released.
He came close to listeners by releasing the third album ‘Koshto’ in 1995. The album was super hit. The song ‘Koshto Pete Bhalobasi’ touches the listeners’ heart very much.
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