Summary:
Guwahati, Oct 28 (PTI) Assam"s eminent artist Neelpawan Baruah died on Friday at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital following a prolonged illness.
He was 84.
His wife, eminent singer and Padma Shri awardee Dipali Borthakur, had predeceased him.
Baruah was admitted to the hospital on September 22 due to various old age related ailments and he breathed his last this afternoon, doctors attending on him said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the passing away of the artist is not only a big loss to the art fraternity but to the entire cultural field of the state.
"He pursued art with dedication for several decades and his death is an irreparable loss.
I pray for the departed soul and extend my heart-felt condolences to his kins", Sarma said.