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KOCHI:

V Balachandran

,Guide Advertising & Marketing Associates, passed away on Friday. He was 58. He is survived by wife,

Meena Balachandran

, sons B Unnikrishnan and B Anandakrishnan, mother Mohanam V, and brothers V Venugopal, (assistant general manager, The Times of India) and

V Gopakumar

, (former regional manager, Mathrubhumi).

Balachandran was the son of the late

A P Vishwanathan

, who was the executive editor of

Kerala Kaumudi

.