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Sunday, February 06, 2022

R.I.P. Lata Mangeshkar (1929 - 2022)

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar, Indian playback singer and Bollywood icon, died on Sunday at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. The cause of death was complications from COVID-19, per Indian news outlets. Mangeshkar was given a state funeral, and the Indian government has declared two days of mourning, with the national flag to be flown at half-mast. She was 92.

Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered as one of the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her contribution to Indian music industry in a career spanning seven decades gained her honorific titles such as the Nightingale of India, Voice of the Millennium and Queen of Melody.

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