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- Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini Krishnamurthy died at the age of 84.
- She was suffering from age-related issues and was in the ICU for the last seven months.
- Yamini Krishnamurthy was born on December 20, 1940 in Madanapalli in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district.
- She started dancing at the age of five at the Kalakshetra School of Dance in Chennai.
- Yamini Krishnamurthy was also trained in Carnatic vocals and the veena.
- She received Padma Shri in 1968, Padma Bhushan in 2001 and Padma Vibhushan in 2016.
- She was also conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1977.
- She set up her own dance training institute, Yamini School of Dance, in Hauz Khas in New Delhi.
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