India in mourning after death of legendary Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar
07.02.2022 - 11:03
/ nme.com
Associated Press, the 92-year-old was hospitalised with the virus on January 11, where she was put on a ventilator. She was taken off life support as her condition improved, however, she deteriorated again on the weekend.As CNN reports, her doctor, Dr. Pratit Samdani, told reporters outside Breach Candy Hospital where she’d been treated: “Lata Di died at 8:12 a.m.
due to multi-organ failure after over 28 days of Covid-19 diagnosis.”Mangeshkar received a state funeral in Mumbai, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flying in from New Delhi for the event. CNN reports that other Bollywood stars including Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan attended the wake, as well as cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.Two days of national mourning were declared by the Indian Government, and the country’s flags lowered to half-mast through Sunday and Monday.“I am anguished beyond words. The kind and caring Lata Didi has left us,” Modi wrote on Twitter.
“She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerize people.”I am anguished beyond words. The kind and caring Lata Didi has left us.
She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerise people. pic.twitter.com/MTQ6TK1mSO— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 6, 2022Mangeshkar lent her voice to Indian movies for more than 70 years as a playback singer, singing songs that would later be lip-synced by actors in Bollywood films.
The website popstar.one is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can
send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.