sentences:  He retired from teaching in 1982 but continued to live in the Ashrama, which he had found to be most suitable for his unpretentious life and writings known for their simplicity, till he retired to his district for health reasons.Kunjunni died in his ancestral house at Valapad on 26 March 2006.He was known and admired for living a humble life with minimal needs, and few comforts or luxuries.