Mangaluru: Senior litterateur Erya Lakshminarayana Alva (95) passed away owing to cardiac arrest on Saturday, July 27.
Alva has been suffering from age related illness over the last several days. He had a mild heart attack on Saturday evening at around 8 pm. Immediately, he was rushed to a private hospital in city. However, he breathed his last at around 8.30 pm.
He is survived by his wife and daughter.
