A baritone falls silent watching the cacophony

Sans Serif” records with regret the demise of Tejeshwar Singh, an iconic voice of the State-owned “Doordarshan” channel in its pre-satellite heyday.

Indo-Asian News Service reports that Singh suffered a heart attack while watching television in his Mussoorie home on Friday night. He was in his early 60s.

Singh, a theatre actor, eventually went on to set up an independent publishng house, Sage Publications, which turned 25 in 2006.

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