Legendary orator N.S.S. Kannan, popularly known as ‘Nellai’ Kannan passed away at his residence in Tirunelveli Town on Thursday. He was 77.
While his elder son Suresh Kannan alias Suka is a film director, his younger son Arumugam Kannan is working with a television channel.
A multifaceted personality, ‘Nellai’ Kannan was a great orator with the attractive ‘Tirunelveli slang’ on a range of subjects including Tamil literature and politics. His affiliation was to the Indian National Congress that fielded him against former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in Chepauk Assembly constituency in 1996.