Noted
Kannada
singer
Shivamogga
Subbanna
passed
away
following
a
heart
attack
at
a
hospital
here
on
Thursday
night,
sources
close
to
the
family
said.
He
was
83.
"He
was
admitted
to
Jayadeva
Hospital
in
the
city
where
he
passed
away," one
of
the
sources
said.
He
is
survived
by
a
son
and
a
daughter.
Subbanna
was
the
first
Kannadiga
to
win
a
National
Award
for
playback
singing
for
his
song
"Kaadu
Kudure
Odi
Banditta"
in
the
film
"Kaadu
Kudure".
Known
for
his
work
in
the
field
of
'Sugama
Sangeetha',
a
genre
in
which
poetry
in
Kannada
is
set
to
music,
Subbanna
has
worked
on
and
sung
poetries
of
famous
poets
such
as
Kuvempu
and
Da
Ra
Bendre,
and
got
several
awards
and
honours.
He
was
also
a
singer
with
Akashvani
and
Doordarshan
and
had
worked
as
an
advocate.