Tamil actor-director G Marimuthu, who was recently seen in Rajinikanth-starrer Jailer, died on Friday. He was in his late fifties.

Actor #Marimuthu recently celebrated his 27th wedding anniversary on September 2nd 

G Marimuthu was 57. He was known for his role in the Tamil television series Ethirneechal. 

He has also worked with filmmaker Mani Ratnam, among others, as an assistant director

Ramesh Bala tweeted, "Shocking: Popular Tamil character actor Marimuthu passed away this morning due to cardiac arrest

He was married to M. Bagiyalakshmi in 1994

G. Marimuthu and M. Bagiyalakshmi had two kids : a son named Akhilan and a daughter named Aishwarya.