June 10, 2019 04:54 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:53 pm IST
Late actor Girish Karnad, in Bangalore on October 03, 2006.
Girish Karnad (81), well-known writer, playwright, actor and public intellectual, passed away early on June 10 in Bengaluru .
The Jnanpith and Padma awardee succumbed to multiple-organ failure at his residence on Lavelle Road in the city, according to sources. He had been ailing for sometime. He is survived by wife Saraswati Ganapathi and two children.
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