Mangaluru: Yakshagana presenter and a researcher of Kannada prosody Dr N Shimanturu Narayana Shetty died on Wednesday at here at a private hospital on Wednesday. He was 86.

He is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters.

Shetty had composed four works related to Yakshagana prosody--Yakshagana Chandobudhi, Kannadada Anarghya Ratnagalu, V-Chitra Tripadi and Desi Chandhobandhagala Puduvattu.