kochi dancer and tv anchor raja venkatesh passed away at a private hospital here on sunday raja who is the husband of actress tara kalyan was admitted to amrita institute of medical sciences aims with a monthold history of fever and flulike symptoms he died of critical illness and multi organ failure at 1 pmraja venkatesh was clinically suspected to have a serious pulmonary condition which had acutely worsened prior to hospital admission said an official statement from aimsas the patient was in septic shock the doctors tried to stabilise him with conventional ventilatory therapy and drugs to maintain normal blood pressuredespite maximum medical therapy his lung condition continued to worsen he further developed kidney and heart failure as a rescue measure he was initiated on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after explaining the grave prognosis the hospital statement saiddespite extracorporeal life support and other ancillary therapy the patient continued to be critically ill and had multiorgan failure and showed poor response he passed away at about 1 pm on july 30 the statement added