BENGALURU: Noted journalist K S Sachidananda Murthy died here Friday morning. He died in Bengaluru. He underwent a lung transplant and was on ventilator.

A prominent journalist in Delhi, he was the Delhi resident editor of Malayalam Manorama and The Week. He has bagged the Darlabh Singh Memorial Award and Karnataka Media Academy Distinguished Award. He had served as the secretary general of the Editors Guild of India and as a member of the Press Council.