Senior journalist Sunil Sharma today succumbed to a heart attack. He was 49.
Sharma was working as the bureau chief of Hindi daily 'Divya Himachal'.
He is survived by his wife and daughter.
Union Health and Family Welfare minister J.P Nadda, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and a large number of dignitaries conveyed their condolences to the bereaved family members.
The chief minister said Sharma was a committed journalist who always maintained the ethics of journalism.
Governor Acharya Devvrat also expressed shock over the untimely death of the journalist.
Former chief ministers Shanta and Prem Kumar Dhumal, state BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti, cabinet ministers, HPCC chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukkhu and other leaders also mourned the death of the media personality.
The body was taken to the journalist's native place at Bilaspur, where he would be cremated tomorrow, family members said.
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