A.R. Krishnan, noted Mylaporean passes away
A.R. Krishnan, 80 years old, passed away after a brief illness on March 2.He served at Enfield for 35 years and was a resident of Mylapore for over 30 years. He was the president and manager of cricket...
View ArticleDr. Ramachandran, renowned dentist passes away
Dr. Ramachandran, a renowned dentist and a resident of Mylapore, passed away on March 2. He was 68 years old. He founded Dr. Ramachandran’s Dental Clinic (now Odontia Dentistry) at Mandavelipakkam. He...
View ArticleVidya Mandir’s former principal, Dr. S. Anandalakshmy passes away
Dr. S. Anandalakshmy, former principal, Vidya Mandir school, Mylapore, passed away on Mar 13. She was 86 years old. She also served as the principal of Lady Irwin College, New Delhi. She was known to...
View ArticleVijay Kumar Reddy of Savera Hotel passes away
A. Vijay Kumar Reddy, managing director of Savera Hotel, Mylapore passed away today. He was 62 years old. In 1994, Vijay Kumar and Ravi Kumar became the sole proprietors of Savera. He is survived by...
View ArticleVivekananda college’s ex professor passes away
Dr. T. N. Ganapathy, retired professor and head of philosophy department at RKM Vivekananda College, Mylapore, passed away on March 18. He was 88 years old. He was responsible for the development of...
View ArticleLeela teacher of Lady Sivasamy school, passes away
T. R. Leelavathy, passed away on March 10 at her residence in Bishop’s Garden Extension, R. A. Puram. Born in the Andamans and brought up in Mylapore, she lived a Mylaporean life for 92 years. She went...
View ArticleRenowned cartoonist, Ramanujam (RAHNU), passes away
S. K. Ramanujam (RAHNU), renowned cartoonist, passed away on April 2. He was 81 years old. He was the founder of Rahnu’s Cartoon Training Centre in Mylapore and trained students of all ages for more...
View ArticleMridangam vidwan Karaikudi V. M. Ganesan passes away
Mylapore-based mridangam vidwan Karaikudi V M Ganesan passed away on April 4 at Hyderabad, his daughter said in a FB post this afternoon. His wife is veena vidushi Kalyani Ganesan and daughter, the...
View ArticleSenior advocate M. Venkatachalapathy passes away
M. Venkatachalapathy,passed away on April 2. He was a senior advocate and a resident of San Thome for more than 25 years. He was the past president of the Madras Bar Association. “He was a workaholic...
View ArticleRetired High Court judge K. Shanmukham, passes away
K. Shanmukham, retired justice, High Court of Madras passed away on April 5. He was 94 years old and a resident of Mylapore. He was revered for his honesty, unbreakable character and speedy judgments....
View ArticleSenior cricket coach, P. K. Dharmalingam passes away
P. K. Dharmalingam, one of Tamil Nadu’s finest and respected cricket coaches passed away on June 2. He lived in Mylapore. He was 84. The funeral is on June 4, 2 pm. Dharmalingam was known to many...
View ArticleWellknown playwright and theatreperson ‘Crazy’ Mohan passes away: funeral on...
Wellknown playwright, theatreperson and film scriptwriter ‘Crazy’ Mohan passed away on June 10 after suffering a heart attack in the morning. He was rushed to Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet after the...
View ArticleRex Fashions’ Ramesh passes away
P. Ramesh Kumar of Rex Fashions passed away on June 5: he suffered a heart attack. Ramesh was part of the family of this wellknown clothing retailers in Mylapore. The second of the five Rex Fashions...
View ArticleR. Ramakrishnan, chairman of Madras Race Club and former AIADMK MP passes...
R. Ramakrishnan, chairman of Madras Race Club passed away on Sunday, July 7. He was 73 and a resident of Seethammal Colony, Alwarpet. The funeral is scheduled for July 8 noon Known to friends as RK, he...
View ArticleBusiness journalist-editor C. R. L. Narasimhan passes away
C. R. L.Narasimhan, 71 years and retired associate editor of ‘The Hindu’ newspaper passed away on July 24. He was a resident of Alwarpet. Narasimham worked for State Bank of India group before moving...
View ArticleObituaries: V. Gopal, S. Meenakshi
V. Gopal passed away on July 21 at the age of 88. He was a longtime resident of Mylapore, residing in Bheemana Garden Street, Thiagarajapuram and Alamelumangapuram. He was an engineer and contractor...
View ArticleFormer India cricketer, coach and commentator V. B. Chandrasekhar passes away
V. B. Chandrasekhar, former TN and India cricketer who resided in Mylapore passed away on Thursday evening. Early news on social media said he had a cardiac arrest but later, it was confirmed that the...
View ArticleObituaries: Geetha Kannan, Chandrasekharan, A. Padmanabhan, Murali Mohan
Geetha Kannan, former headmistress of the KG section of Children Garden School, passed away on Aug. 7. She was 69 years old. Geetha held that position for 35 years. “She was an expert at her work and...
View ArticleTributes: Dr. P. V. Balanarayan, G. Narayanaswamy, M. V. Janaki
Dr. P. V. Balanarayanan, senior dentist and well known in Mylapore passed away on August 15. He was born on June 12, 1949. He graduated from Madras Dental College. He lived in Nadu Street, Mylapore for...
View ArticleRetired P. S. Senior teacher P. Geeta and stage artiste S. V. Sankaran pass away
P. Geeta, a senior teacher of Hindi and economics who retired from P. S. Senior School, Mylapore passed away on Sept. 3 morning in Bangalore. ‘The flame has burnt so long, Let it now die slowly. The...
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