At a time when the world is impacted by Coronavirus scare, one of the shocking events that happened in recent times in Tamil film industry was the sudden death of actor and Dermatologist doctor Sethuruman.

Doctor Sethuraman, who has acted in movies like Kanna laddu thinna Aasaiya and Vaaliba Raja passed away on Thursday following a cardiac arrest. While social media has been filled with rumours about his death, attributing it to corona infection, his friend and doctor Ashwin has posted on Instagram, clarifying on Sethuraman's death.

Ashwin Vijay posted “My life will never be the same without you Sethu. The most painful day in my life. 30 years of friendship, brother hood, the vision we had for the world & youngsters, we decided to give this world ONLY goodness & happiness. When you left’ you took away a part of me which will remain empty forever. One small request for the people - HE PASSED AWAY bec OF CARDIAC ARREST & NOT CORONA, pls don’t spread rumours at this point.”

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@dr_sethu This was the last photo we took. I should have taken more. I have never declared my birthday on media ever but March 26th painfully has become the day you left us. Yours was the first phone call I answered on my birthday and you told me in a funny note “Machan, I am getting only bread for you to cut this year because of corona lockdown”. Did not realise that will be the last call. Imagine the upcoming years of March 26th’s.

A post shared by Ashwin Vijay (@drashwinvijay) on Mar 27, 2020 at 6:05am PDT