The octogenarian teacher Suman Laxman Randive, who taught many politicians, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, MNS leader Raj Thackeray and NCP leader Jayant Patil, at Balmohan Vidyamandir in Dadar, breathed her last at an old age home in Vasai on Sunday night.

"She suddenly fell sick a couple of days ago and did not eat anything hours before she breathed her last. She left us forever at 8:30 pm even before the doctor arrived," said Sarita Moro, owner of New Life Foundation, where the 88-year-old was staying. The fellow inmates would address Randive as 'teacher'.