Satyabhama Kambar, wife of Kendra Sahitya Akademi president and Jnanpith award winning Kannada writer Chandrashekar Kambar, died in Bengaluru on January 18.
The 77-year-old homemaker had been suffering from a heart ailment for some time. She was admitted to a hospital on January 3.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has expressed his condolences for Dr. Kambar’s loss.