<span style="color: #222222;">Noted mridangam exponent and former top grade staff artist of All India Radio, Thanjavoor Ramamoorthy passed away in Trichy, Tamilnadu today.<br />'' <br />''<br />''He was 90. He had the unique distinction of having accompanied four generations of Carnatic stalwarts starting from violin genius Muringapuri Gopalakrishna Iyer, right up to renowned vocalist ML Vasanthakumari. He was the recipient of the  Kalaimamani award of the Government of Tamilnadu.</span><br />