Legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar passes away
She was known as the “nightingale of India” and one of the most beloved and celebrated singer in India
One of the
most respected loved and celebrated female singer of Indian subcontinent Lata
Mangeshkar passed away on February 6 (today) at the age of 92 years due to
multiple organ failure, her sister Usha Mangeshkar and doctors treating her
said. The veteran singer had tested positive for coronavirus infection
with mild symptoms and was admitted on January 8 to Breach Candy Hospital's
intensive care unit (ICU).
The last rites
of the Nightingale of India were held this evening in Shivaji Park Mumbai with
full state honour. The people said farewell to Lata Ji with teary eyes.
Legendary
singer and Bharat Ratna recipient Lata Mangeshkar was also Known as the
‘Nightingale of India’, she has left behind a treasure trove of songs vocalised
in her mellifluous voice, sung across a career that lasted for over 70 years. She
sung nearly 30,000 songs in different languages. She was among the few singers
who were equally popular in both India and Pakistan.
Lata
Mangeshkar belonged to a family of performers. Her father ran a theatre
company, and Lata grew up with a love of music. The aim of the sisters (Lata
and Asha Bhosle) when they took up singing was to carry forward their father’s
legacy.
India’s most
loved singer Lata Mangeshkar, who had once moved Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to
tears, leaves behind a teary-eyed nation of admirers who grew up listening to
her immutable voice give wings to the words of poets and the screen careers of
legions of heroines.
Popularly known as the nation’s Melody Queen,
who also composed music for Marathi films and was a producer as well, and had
the distinction of being conferred with the highest civilian honours of India
and France, passed away on Sunday morning at the Breach Candy Hospital in
Mumbai, where she had been admitted because of Covid-related complications on
January 8.
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