Shakuntala
Bangarappa,
wife
of
Karnataka
ex-Chief
Minister
late
S
Bangarappa
and
mother-in-law
of
Hattrick
Hero
Shivaraj
Kumar
has
passed
away
this
after
noon,
April
22,
2014.
She
was
70
and
reportedly
suffering
from
cancer
disease
for
which
she
was
taking
treatment
from
past
few
days.
Shakuntala
was
rushed
to
Mallya
Hospital
in
Bangalore
at
the
early
hours
of
Tuesday
after
she
fell
ill,
where
she
breathed
her
last.
She
made
her
last
public
appearance
in
Shimoga,
where
she
was
seen
campaigning
for
her
daughter
Geetha
Shivaraj
Kumar,
JDS
contestant
from
Shimoga
in
Lok
Sabha
elections.
Shakuntala
is
survived
by
two
sons
-
Madhu
Bangarappa,
Vasanth
Kumar
aka
Kumar
Bangarappa
and
daughter
Geetha
Shivaraj
Kumar.
Madhu
and
Kumar
intially
started
their
career
in
Sandalwood
and
later
they
became
active
in
politics.
Raghavendra
Rajkumar,
brother
of
Shivaraj
Kumar
visited
Mallya
hospital
and
paid
his
last
respect
to
Shakunatala.
The
body
will
be
kept
for
the
public
viewing
in
Madhu
Bangarappa's
residence,
Sadhashiv
Nagar,
Bangalore,
today
after,
which
it
will
be
taken
to
their
home
town.
The
last
rights
of
Shakuntala
is
likely
to
be
held
in
Bangaradhama,
at
Soraba
district,
in
Shimoga
on
Wednesday
(April
23).