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==Death== Dev Anand died in his room at [[The Washington Mayfair Hotel]] in [[London]] at age of 88 on 3 December 2011 of a [[cardiac arrest]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Legendary Actor Dev Anand Passes Away|url=http://www.efi-news.com/2011/12/dev-anand-passes-away.html|access-date=4 December 2011|publisher=EF News International|date=4 December 2011|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207011836/http://www.efi-news.com/2011/12/dev-anand-passes-away.html|archive-date=7 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dev Anand dead : Bollywood legend to be cremated in London|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/04/dev-anand-dead-bollywood-legend-to-be-cremated-in-london-115875-23609556/|publisher=mirror.co.uk|date=4 December 2011|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106191932/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/04/dev-anand-dead-bollywood-legend-to-be-cremated-in-london-115875-23609556/|archive-date=6 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dev Anand Passes Away|url=http://ipaimpress.com/dev-anand-passes-away/|access-date=4 December 2011|publisher=International Press Association|date=4 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213192328/http://ipaimpress.com/dev-anand-passes-away/|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> His death came just two months after the release of his last film ''[[Chargesheet (film)|Chargesheet]]'', which he directed and produced.<ref name=bbcdeath>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16026971|title=India mourns Bollywood legend Dev Anand|date=5 December 2011|access-date=5 December 2011|work=BBC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206111203/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-16026971|archive-date=6 December 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Anand was reportedly in London for a medical checkup at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite news|title=Veteran actor Dev Anand passes away at 88|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Veteran-actor-Dev-Anand-passes-away-at-88/Article1-777689.aspx|access-date=4 December 2011|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=4 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205062127/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Tabloid/Veteran-actor-Dev-Anand-passes-away-at-88/Article1-777689.aspx|archive-date=5 December 2011}}</ref> On 10 December, his funeral service was held at a small chapel in London after which his coffin was taken to the Putney Vale Crematorium in southwest London. His ashes were returned to India for immersion burial in the [[Godavari River]].<ref name="London">{{cite news|title=Bollywood star Dev Anand cremated in London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9989323|access-date=19 December 2011|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=10 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222235142/http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9989323|archive-date=22 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bajaj |first1=J.K. |title=On & Behind the Indian Cinema |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd |isbn=9789350836217 |date=2014 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ }}</ref>
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