Loganathan Arumugam
{{short description|Malaysian singer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| honorific_prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'
| name = Loganathan Arumugam
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DIMP}}
| image =
| caption =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Loganathan Arumugam
| alias = Loga
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1953|07|15}}
| birth_place =
| origin = Malaysia
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|06|04|1953|07|15}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Musician, singer
| instrument = Vocals, percussion, tambourine
| years_active = 1969–2007
}}
Dato’ Loganathan Arumugam (15 July 1953 – 4 June 2007), better known as Loga, was a Malaysian musician and singer who was one of the founding members of the band Alleycats. Loga was one of the lead singers of Alleycats along with his elder brother David. Dato Loganathan Arumugam died from lung cancer at the Mount Miriam Hospital on 4 June 2007.{{cite web | url = http://www.kastum.com/orang_sabah/loganathan-arumugam-of-the-alleycats-passed-away| title = Loganathan Arumugam of the Alleycats passed away. | publisher = Kastum.com| accessdate = 22 February 2009}}{{cite web| url = http://orkidlah8.fotopages.com/?entry=1191309| title = Loganathan Arumugam of the Alleycats passed away.| publisher = Orkidlah8.fotopages.com| accessdate = 22 February 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071125180608/http://orkidlah8.fotopages.com/?entry=1191309| archive-date = 25 November 2007| url-status = dead}}{{cite web | url = http://www.makkez.com/2008/06/04/in-memoriam-loganathan-arumugam/| title = In Memoriam – Loganathan Arumugam. | publisher = Makkez.com| accessdate = 22 February 2009}}{{cite web| url = http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/5/nation/17929346&sec=nation| title = Alleycats' Loga dies.| work = The Star|location=Malaysia| accessdate = 22 February 2009| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090212163719/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F6%2F5%2Fnation%2F17929346&sec=nation| archivedate = 12 February 2009| df = dmy-all}} He left behind 2 children, Vigneshwaran Loganathan and Priyadashini Loganathan, and his wife, Susan Lovie. Datuk Loganathan Arumugam was conferred the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) award which carries the title of "Dato" in conjunction with Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang's 78th birthday on 24 October 2008.
Honour
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- 50px Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008)
References
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Category:Malaysian people of Indian descent
Category:Malaysian male pop singers
Category:Musicians from Penang
Category:Malaysian people of Tamil descent
Category:Malay-language singers
Category:20th-century Malaysian male singers
Category:Malaysian pop rock singers
Category:Malaysian folk singers
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Malaysia
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