Are the feelings in the input text negative?

Given Text: "Obituary: Ramcharan Nirmalkar: <Ramcharan Nirmalkar, 1926(?)- 16 May 2012> Ramcharan was one of  the pillars of ...
"Obituary: Ramcharan Nirmalkar: <Ramcharan Nirmalkar, 1926(?)- 16 May 2012> Ramcharan was one of  the pillars of ...