ADMK's Coordinator and former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam's wife Vijayalakshmi has passed away on Wednesday - September 1, in Chennai at the age of 63 due to cardiac arrest. She had been hospitalized for the past few days and she suffered a cardiac arrest in the morning hours of Wednesday and despite the efforts from the doctors, she had breathed her last. 

According to our sources, Vijayalakshmi was getting treated at a private hospital in Perungudi, Chennai for a fortnight after she complained of health complications. She was monitored by a team of doctors and amid the treatments, she suffered a sudden heart attack and breathed her last at 63. Panneerselvam and Vijalalakshmi had three children and the eldest being Raveendranath Kumar, who is the lone ADMK Lok Sabha MP representing his home turf Theni constituency. 

Vijayalakshmi was also hospitalized some years back and the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had visited her at the hospital and solaced Panneerselvam. Recently, she has developed health complications and was admitted to the hospital and she has passed away on Wednesday. Several political leaders in Tamil Nadu have been paying tribute to the deceased soul and expressing their condolences to Panneerselvam and his family members. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has visited the hospital after learning about the news of the demise and he consoled O Panneerselvam. The reports say that the mortal remains of Vijayalakshmi will be taken to the Theni district and last rites will take place on Thursday.