Bangalore: We regret to announce the sudden death of an esteemed poet and laureate (Rashtra Kavi) DR G S Shivarudrappa (87) on Monday after noon Dec.23, 2013. He was raised to the level of National poet in Kannada during BJP regime of B.S Yaddyurappa, after M. Govinda Pai and Kuvempu in Karnataka. He belong to Hubli-Dharvad region and known to great poets like D R Bendre and H S V Murthy, Chennaveera Kanavi and many other poets of Karnataka

 G S S had visited Mangalore two years ago to attend a Light Music Festival held at Nehru Maidan and heard his own poem set to music and sung by singers on stage with orchestra.

He was 87 and he survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. He was settled in Bangalore in his last days.