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Hyderabad, Nov 30 (PTI) Veteran Telugu film lyricist "Sirivennela" Sitarama Sastry, a recipient of the Padma Shri and numerous other awards, died due to lung cancer-related complications at a private hospital here on Tuesday.
He was 66.
Sastry was admitted to the hospital on November 24 with pneumonia and was in the Intensive Care Unit.
He was put on ECMO to support his lungs with medical professionals closely observing his condition, the hospital said in a release.
Sastry, who has left an indelible impression on Telugu speaking people with his magnificent songs in films like "Sirivennela", "Swarna Kamalam", "Subha Lagnam", "Rudraveena" and a number of others, became popular with veteran director K Viswanath"s film "Sirivennela" in 1986.
He came to be known as "Sirivennela" Sitarama Sastry though his surname is Chembolu.