Mr. Krishnappa was the chairperson of the South East Asian (SEA) Education Trust. This former state president of JD(S) departed his life on April 23, 2014, Wednesday after undergoing a cardiac arrest. Mr. Krishnappa suffered a heart attack in the evening while he was playing badminton in his SEA college of Engineering at Ayyappa Nagar circle in K R Puram. News reports state that he was resting in the badminton arena around 6 in the evening during when he abruptly grieved of chest pain and collapsed in the court. Soon when he was rushed to the K R Puram Super Speciality Hospital, Dr. Ravi, who examined him, announced that Krishnappa had obstructed his arteries and departed his life at the age of 68. 