Legendary Carnatic vocalist M Balamuralikrishna died at his home in Chennai on Tuesday at around 3.30pm. He was 86. Balamuralikrishna was six when he began singing and has performed at 25,000 odd concerts worldwide. He has sung with other musical legends such as Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Kishori Amonkar.