Communist veteran and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at a private hospital on Monday morning following multiple organ failure. He was 89. The 10-time Lok Sabha MP is survived by his wife Renu, a son and two daughters. Chatterjee passed away around 8.15 am after his condition deteriorated following a mild heart attack on Sunday, a hospital official said.

"He suffered multiple organ failure and had stopped responding to treatment," the official said. His body was taken to the state assembly, where it was accorded a gun salute, and then to his residence. Chatterjee, who was associated with the CPI-M for most of his life, had donated his body to medical science. It will be handed over to the government-run SSKN hospital later in the day. He had suffered a cardiac arrest, systemic sepsis and renal failure along with respiratory problems and underlying diabetes, said a senior doctor.