Lucknow: The award-winning TV journalist Kamal Khan, who died of a heart attack at his home on Friday, was a true representative of Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb Awadh.
Known because of its different shipping styles and wrapping news reports with Couplets, Khan has received a prestigious Ramnath Goenka award in 2010 and the Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi award from the President.
People from all walks of life, including politicians, journalists, social activists, doctors and academics, were taken to social media to lament his sudden death.
Khan, 61, survived his wife Ruchi Kumar, was also a senior journalist, and a secure son.
The Chairperson of the Yogi Adityanath Minister expressed condolences to the grieving family and prayed that the dead soul.
“Surprised to hear about senior journalist bait Kamal Khanji.
I met him just a few days ago and we discussed many things.
He maintains the values of life and the public interest in journalism.
My deepest condolences to family members,” Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tweeted .
“Kamal Kesanji’s death, which emerged as a serious voice of journalism, was very sad.
The sound of the truth that was always remaining …
sincere tribute,” said the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav.
Sudtarsan sand artist Pattnik paid tribute by making a sand statue of Khan on Odisha beach.
Varanasi natives turned on the candle and held a special ‘aarti’.
Girish Tiwari activist posted: “My best friend, I don’t believe you have left, I have preserved stories written by you and your interview.”
Kamal Khan is the perfect icon of Awadh Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb
