Bengaluru: T.R. Gopalakrishnan, former Editor-in-Charge of ‘The Week’ magazine, passed away in Bengaluru in the early hours today. He was 72. His wife, Geetha Srinivasan, predeceased him on Sept. 4, 2023. He is survived by his sister Malathi Ramachandran and brother, T.R. Ramachandran, a senior journalist who was with ‘The Tribune’ among other publications. Last rites will be held tomorrow (Nov. 16) at the Wilson Garden crematorium in Bengaluru around noon.
Popularly known as Gopal or TRG, he was with ‘The Week’ from 1983 until his retirement in February 2018. Of his 34 years at ‘The Week,’ he spent 29 at the helm, steering the magazine to the top spot as India’s largest-selling English news magazine.
