Yesteryear's  flamboyant star Shammi Kapoor [ Images ] passed away on Sunday morning.
 
Giving out the news, actor Amitabh Bachchan [ Images ] tweeted around 9 am on Sunday: 'Shammi Kapoorji passed away this morning at 5:15 am .. Rushing there now .. the flamboyance and joi de vivre of the Industry lost!'
 
The 79-year-old actor, brother of Bollywood showman Raj Kapoor [ Images ] and actor Shashi Kapoor, was suffering from chronic renal failure. He had been admitted to Breach Candy hospital last Sunday and was put on a ventilator on Friday.
 
Confirming the news, Breach Candy Hospital did not give out any further information.
 
Further details are awaited.