He was suffering from lung cancer from a long time.His rise as well as fall was meteoric.At a time when there was little employment in India beyond govt. jobs,he had a work force of more than 10 lakh people.I know many people who earned their bread working for Sahara and many who made lot of money from its deposit schemes.Anyway as it is with most Indian entrepreneurs,he exceeded his limits and ended up earning notoriety.RIP!