Doordarshan’s Beautiful And Senior Anchor Neelum Sharma’s Untimely Death at 50, Twitter Mourns

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August 19, 2019

Every 90s kid in India knows who Neelum Sharma is! Yes, she was the senior DD News anchor we have grown up watching her on TV. She is no more as she dies of breast cancer. Neelum was only 50 years old. She was the voice of women and her shows especially highlighted women achievers and their inspirational stories. Her traditional appearance garnered a lot of appreciation.

By her show Tejaswini, Neelum focused on woman achievers of India. She was also a documentary filmmaker, having over 60 films to her name. She started her career with Doordarshan in 1995 and was associated with the channel for over 20 years.

Everyone is in shock after knowing about her untimely death. To let you know, she did her graduation from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, DU. After that, she did a diploma from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. Neelam Sharma was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Noida as she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was put on a ventilator due to poor health.

She is survived by her husband and a 15 years old son. Twitter users mourn the death of Neelum Sharma and expressed their grief over her untimely death. See the tweets below:

Reminds me the time when news was News.#NeelumSharma https://t.co/dPRxBPA98T
— Shahid T.K (@its_stk) August 17, 2019

Those news broadcasts @8 PM were among some of the most cherished memories, #neelumsharma ji's dialogue delivery was phenomenal, this marks the end of an era. You'll be immensely missed mam.
Om Shanti.
RIP.
— Siddhant (@good_guy_sid) August 17, 2019

My childhood died today. Rest in Heaven.. #neelumsharma https://t.co/ZGu8M1aei2
— AI-Purple Kush (@d4donn) August 17, 2019

Extremely shocking news for the @DDNewsLive @DDNewsHindi family. star anchor #NeelumSharma has passed away.Unbelievable twist of fate& destiny. Led us from the front establishing #DDnewsBrand globally. In her illustrious career she won many laurels fr us. RIP Mam will miss you.
— Chaitanya Prasad (@Chatty111Prasad) August 17, 2019

Most of the people who are preparing for civil services exams or have become civil servant..they used to watch Neelam ji for better https://t.co/LCjEQUWeSL a child i watched her such a strong lady she was…Om shanti #NeelumSharma
— Nikhil Sharma (@nikhilC_O_O_L) August 17, 2019

Since I started to watching news in my childhood, I have been admirer of Neelam sharma & @ashokshrivasta6 on DD news. she didn't changed a bit in last 20 years. My sincere condolences to her family. #RIP #neelumsharma
— Manish Runthla (@manishrunthla) August 17, 2019

#neelumsharma oh god… right since the day I opened my black and white television….I have seen her….. Delivering the news gracefully… Huge loss.. Rest in peace mam….
— scoobydoobydoooooo.. (@scoobyd04313951) August 17, 2019

When we didn't afford cable connection and only DD NEWS was our hope for news #neelumsharma was one of our favourite new readers.
Will miss you Ma'am
— 🇮🇳एक बिहारी 🚩 (@TONIBICONZA) August 17, 2019

#NeelumSharma of @DDNewsLive no more, she was one of the most graceful TV Anchor in our time. She had her own ways to present news without any influence of modern news anchors. She was far greater than new hollow anchors #RIPNeelumJI pic.twitter.com/dgdhHScbif
— Tauqueer Ali Sabri (@tauqueer_sabri) August 17, 2019

Deeply saddened with the news of Demise of #NeelumSharma ji. A great loss of an honest journalism. Listened her news since childhood. Om Shanti 🙏🙏 https://t.co/r8DiYxmbGp
— Mihir Upadhyay🇮🇳 (@imihirrupadhyay) August 17, 2019

She was an epitome of grace on TV news in contrast to what we see today! Always used to fight with dad when he would play news over my cartoons but when I slowly started watching her, I was engrossed !That started my liking for news and current affairs! RIP #NeelumSharma #ddnews pic.twitter.com/rVWcwzAhEU
— Rohit Singh (@singhrohit75) August 17, 2019

Neelum Sharma was and is the personification of grace for women and everybody in journalism. The news of her passing is very sad. Me and my parents loved her work. Condolences to her family. RIP #DDNews #NeelumSharma pic.twitter.com/EjaDaChSNA
— Harsh Srivastava हर्ष श्रीवास्तव (@HSrivastava186) August 17, 2019

As someone who grew up watching DD news and all its various discussions and programmes religiously, this comes as a very sad news.#NeelumSharma had an unparalleled grace and fluidity over the language. RIP. https://t.co/SVOacnaO2M
— Sreejan Shandilya (@sreejanifs) August 17, 2019

She was on of the finest, cool & composed TV News Anchor. #RIP #NeelumSharma #ddnews https://t.co/xwpvUJQE6N
— Brajesh Misra (@brajeshlive) August 17, 2019

#NilamSharma #neelumsharma #DDNews
She was so polite and virtuous news anchor till date. One of my favourite news anchor of the 90's. Condolences to the bereaved family and the entire @DDNewsLive team.
ॐ शांति 🙏@DDNewsHindi pic.twitter.com/FoBLM7gyhq
— इंजी० निखिलेश कुमार तिवारी 🇮🇳 (@NikhileshIND) August 17, 2019

As someone who grew up watching DD news and all its various discussions and programmes religiously, this comes as a very sad news.#NeelumSharma had an unparalleled grace and fluidity over the language. OM SHANTI 💖 pic.twitter.com/OIroxxUfu5
— deepeshbhatt552 (@deepeshbhatt552) August 17, 2019