Fitness freak British Indian dies in gym

Indo-Asian News Service
The Hindustan Times
London, January 16, 2003

A Bolton housing chief of Indian
origin has died after suffering a
heart attack while working out at a
gym.

Satwant Singh, deputy chief executive
of Bolton at Home - the new company
looking after the borough's council
houses - was using a treadmill at
Bolton Arena Middlebrook when he
collapsed Wednesday.

Paramedics and gym staff tried to
resuscitate the 54-year-old from
Horwich but he died soon after at the
Royal Bolton Hospital.

Singh, a keen jogger and a regular at
the gym, is survived by his wife
Suzanne and three daughters.

Friends and colleagues paid tribute
to his work.

Noel Spencer, chairman of Bolton at
Home, described Satwant as a
wonderful public servant and a "dear,
dear friend".

He said: "Satwant was a real star and
much of our success was down to him.
Everybody is stunned by the news."

Bipin Patel, editor of the Asian
magazine 'Apna News', said: "I felt
numb when I heard Satwant had
collapsed and rushed to the hospital.
He was like a brother to me, and I
will miss him very much."

Glasgow-born Singh joined Bolton at
Home when it was launched two years
ago after holding a number of
positions at Bolton Council including
that of Farnworth district manager.

He is said to have played a key role
in the group taking control of
council homes and in winning millions
of pounds in grants to be used to
bring the council's decaying housing
stock up to 21st-century standards.

George Caswell chief executive of
Bolton at Home said: "Satwant was a
very able and supportive deputy who
brought a much needed added dimension
to our work."

Bolton Arena acting chief executive
Mike Bain said: "This was a tragic
incident and the staff at the Arena
are very upset. They tried their very
best to help him."

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