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Jnanpith winner Thakazhi is dead

Noted Malayalam writer and Jnanpith award winner Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai died at his Sankaramangalam residence in Thakazhi, in Alapuzha, Kerala, this evening.

He was 87.

Thakazhi had been ailing for some time and his condition became worse because of breathing trouble. The doctors' attempts to revive him failed.

UNI

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