Singapore: Santokh Singh Grewal, one of Singapore's prominent Indian-origin teacher-turned journalist and administrator, died while watching the country's national football team beat Myanmar 1-0.
The 56-yearl-old embarked on his journalism career with The Straits Times in 1995 and delivered a number of scoops and award-winning stories during a five-year spell.
Known for his passion for football and hockey, he won a number of awards for his reporting on sports during his career.
Mr Grewal was former chairman and now advisor to the Singapore Sikh Education Foundation, management community member of the Singapore Khalsa Club and was currently a director at a local polytechnic, a pre-university institution.
An active member of the Sikh community, Mr Grewal left behind wife Sukhdevi and two sons and two daughters. According to Sukhdevi, her husband died after dinner time as he watched the football match.
"But that is probably the way he would like to go. He just loved sports," The Straits Times quoted Sukhdevi as saying.
The 56-yearl-old embarked on his journalism career with The Straits Times in 1995 and delivered a number of scoops and award-winning stories during a five-year spell.
Known for his passion for football and hockey, he won a number of awards for his reporting on sports during his career.
An active member of the Sikh community, Mr Grewal left behind wife Sukhdevi and two sons and two daughters. According to Sukhdevi, her husband died after dinner time as he watched the football match.
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