He lives.

Ramashreya Jha “Ramrang”
(Aug 11, 1928 – Jan 1, 2009)
In the first clip, Ramrang discusses Raga Nat Nagari –
The clips below are excerpted from Ramrang‘s concert at the Kala Academy in Panjim, Goa, on December 4, 2001. Harmonium: Rajan Parrikar, Tabla: Tulshidas Navelkar.
Composition in Raga Nat Nagari. In a separate conversation, Ramrang relates how the antara eluded him for years and then reveals the process leading to its resolution. Find it here (at the 8:25 marker). And the Lata song he refers to is here.
Raga Dhani –
Ragamala, composed by Ramrang‘s guru Bholanath Bhatt –