kaadhal mannan forever

it was with a sense of sadness, that i heard about the passing away of one more of the trinity of tamil cinema (the other two being, of course, the evergreen mgr and the inimitable "shivaji" ganesan). "gemini" ganesan lived to be 84 and his screen epithet of "kaadhal mannan" (the king of romance) proved true in real life too - 8 (known) children through 5 women including actresses pushpavalli (celebrity offspring alert: rekha) and savitri.
i will always remember him as the sambhar (so called for his portrayal of softer rather then action roles) who ran around singing "oho enthan baby" with vyjanthimala in the classic "then nilavu", although i can never forget "manidan enbavan deivam aagalam" (even man can become god) in a self-abdicating role in sumaithangi either.
truly a great loss for us on earth but maidens in the heavens above, beware! the king hasn't quite lost his touch yet!
and, oh, to the folks at the malayala manorama, it's "gemini" ganesan and not "shivaji" ganesan.