"The Love Bird has gone..." This was how Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Monday mourned the demise of evergreen actor Dev Anand

In a rare, signed personal statement on the front page of the party mouthpiece, Dopaharka Saamna, Thackeray said "Dev Anand was full of life" with a zest for living. The actor passed away in London in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 88.