Udupi : Well-known Carnatic classical singer Ranjani Hebbar(30) died at the KMC Hospital at Manipal on June 9, Sunday night. She was suffering from cancer since some time. Ranjani is survived by her parents and her husband Guruprasad, a software engineer in Chennai.
Ranjani was a post graduate in Classical Music from Madras University and was also an A grade artiste at All India Radio. She had also won a number of scholarships apart from the MS Subbulaxmi scholarship.
She is the daughter of Vasanthalakshmi and Aravind Hebbar, Professor of Botany.