PENANG: Fans of Alleycats came from as far as Singapore to join hundreds of mourners in paying their last respects to Loganathan Arumugam. <\/p>\n
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| \n Final rites: Vigneshwaran saying prayers as the coffin bearing his father's remains is pushed into the incinerator at the Batu Lanchang crematorium in Penang yesterday.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n A. Prakash and his friend rushed to Penang from Singapore on Monday on learning that Loga, as he was popularly known, had died of lung cancer. <\/p>\n “We have been here for three days to pay our respects to a legend. We are proud of his achievements. <\/p>\n “We will set up a website to keep his memory and songs alive,” said Prakash, 35. <\/p>\n Loga was cremated at the Batu Lanchang crematorium at 11am yesterday. <\/p>\n Fans and well-wishers were at the family house in Jalan Azyze in Tanjung Bungah as early as 8.30am. <\/p>\n Also present were popular singer Datuk D.J. Dave, former Miss Malaysia and radio deejay Yasmin Yusoff and comedian Accapan. <\/p>\n Loga’s only son Vigneshwaran and relatives led the funeral ceremony according to Hindu rites at 10.15am. Loga, 54, also left behind wife Susan and daughter Priyadashini. <\/p>\n Mega Fortune Bikers Club convoy of big bikers escorted the cortege to the crematorium. <\/p>\n Persatuan Karyawan president Freddie Fernandez said Loga was among the very few Indians who had become a national icon. <\/p>\n “Loga was not only active in music. He was also very active in Karyawan,” he said. <\/p>\n PBA Holdings Bhd chief executive officer Jaseni Maidinsa said he had known Loga since the 1960s. <\/p>\n “I was 13 years old then. We became close friends. Love for music bound us together,” he said, adding that Loga was the brains behind Alleycats. <\/p>\n “Alleycats started singing at Carmens,” he said. <\/p>\n “After Tan Sri P. Ramlee, I can't think of other big names in the entertainment industry who could bridge the racial barrier except Alleycats,” he said. <\/p>\n
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