Kolar: M. S. Prabhakar (87), a Senior Journalist and writer popularly known as ‘Kamaroopi’ passed away on Thursday December 29.

He died of age-related ailments at his residence in Kolar. Prabhakara’s body has been donated to M. S. Ramaiah Hospital.

A bachelor he spent almost four decades as an English Teacher in Guwahati University and also as a journalist. His important work in Kannada is his collection ‘Ondu Tola Punugu Mattu Itara Kathegalu’. Also his novel ‘Kudure Motte’, got him the Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award.