Popular singer Jayaraj Narayanan, son of late Narayanan Kutty of Nangyar Madom and Shantha Kumari, died in a road accident in Chicago, USA. Details of the accident are awaited.

Jayaraj Narayanan is a noted Carnatic and Hindustani vocal musician. He started his career as a singer after studying Carnatic music for 14 years.

He had sung classical and devotional songs in several languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages in his brief career. Of late Jayaraj had conducted several classical and semiclassical concerts across the US.

He is survived by his wife Maya, two daughters Meghna and Gowri. The last rites will be performed later.