India, Jan. 13 -- Singer and actor Prashant Tamang, winner of India's popular reality show 'Indian Idol' season 3, has passed away. He was only 43 years old.

According to a report by the Times of India, he breathed his last at a hospital in Delhi on Sunday morning. The artiste suddenly suffered a brain stroke last night.

He was rushed to the hospital, but despite all the efforts of doctors, he left the country around 9 am on Sunday, never to return.

His sudden death has cast a shadow of grief over the music scene in Darjeeling and India.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from The New Nation....