Thiruvananthapuram: Legendary Malayalam playback singer P Jayachandran passed away in a private hospital in Thrissur on Thursday. He was 80.
He was under going treatment for cancer for some time.
During his over six decades-long career, Jayachandran has rendered over 1600 songs across many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telegu and Hindi.
During his singing career, Jayachandran has been bestowed with several prestigious awards. National award for playback singer, five Kerala state film awards, Kerala government's J C Daniel award, Tami Nadu government's four state awards and Kalaimamani award.
He leaves behind his wife Lalitha, daughter Lakshmi and son Dinanathan.
Born on March 3, 1944, in Ernakulam, Jayachandran was the third son of Ravi Varma Kochanian Thampuran and Subhadrakunjmma.
He recorded his first song "oru mullappoomalayumaayi in 1965 for film Kunjali Marikar.
