Death
Pattammal died of natural causes in Chennai on July 16, 2009 at 1:30 pm. She is survived by I. Sivakumar and I. Lakshmankumar, as well as her grandchildren Rajguru, Gayathri, Nithyasree, and Charan. Her Husband, R. Iswaran died on 2 April 2010, aged 95.
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