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Veteran comedian of Telugu cinema Gundu Hanumantha Rao passed away in Hyderabad on Monday. He was 61. The actor, who was suffering from kidney ailment for some time, suffered cardiac arrest in the early on Monday at his house in SR Nagar. He was rushed to a private hospital but doctors there declared him dead, his family members said. His last rites were performed at Erragadda crematorium Monday evening. His son lit the funeral pyre.