Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 256px - death place: ettayapuram , tamil nadu , india - party: communist party of india - death date: 06 march 2009 - spouse: a.thayammal - office: member of legislative assembly - children: a.ramamurthy a.jeyabharathi a.ravindran a.geetharani - birth date: 05 august 1926 - name: s. alagarsamy . - image: s.alagarsamy.jpg - birth place: ramanoothu india , tirunelveli dist , madras province , british Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of s. alagarsamy .
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s. alagarsamy -lrb- ; 5 august 1926 -- 6 march 2009 -rrb- was an indian politician and was elected as member of the legislative assembly for 5 terms from 1967 to 1991 to the tamil nadu legislative assembly as an communist party of india candidate from kovilpatti constituency in 1967 , 1971 , 1977 , 1980 and 1989 elections .