Ratan Tata death LIVE updates: Ratan Naval Tata, 86, the former Tata Group chairman died at Mumbai Hospital at 11.30 pm on Wednesday. The iconic industrialist, who transformed a staid Tata Group into India’s largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, breathed his last at Breach Candy Hospita. A Padma Vibhushan recipient, Tata, had been in intensive care at the hospital since Monday. He was chairman of the salt to software group for more than two decades.Â