Hubballi: Senior actor, thinker, writer, orator GK Govinda Rao passed away in Hubballi on Friday morning. He was 86, Govinda Rao breathed his last at his daughter’s house and his final rites would be conducted at Keshwapur Mukti Dham. Rao was suffering from age-related illnesses. He came to Hubballi after his health condition started deteriorating from Bengaluru and from the last few days he was staying with her daughter in the city, said sources.