Veteran actor and filmmaker Nana Patekar died on Thursday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in Goa. He was 75. Nearly three hours before his death, he had texted his friend that he was not feeling well. The message, however, went unanswered. Then a call was made, and his caretaker was sent to call an ambulance, Dr Shekhar Salkar, Chief of Department of Oncology at Manipal Hospital in Goa, told news agency ANI.