Parveen Babi, an Indian actress, died at her residence in 2005.
She was discovered dead on January 22, 2005, after her residential society secretary reported to the police that she had not received food or newspapers from her porch for three days. The authorities feared she had been deceased for up to 72 hours before her corpse was discovered. The reason of her death remained unknown at the time. She was discovered to have gangrene of the left foot, a result of her diabetes. A wheelchair was discovered beside her bed, along with a jumbled collection of artwork, clothing, prescriptions, and old newspapers.
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