{"id":978844,"date":"2022-02-06T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/06\/beloved-indian-singer-lata-mangeshkar-dead-at-92\/"},"modified":"2022-02-06T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:05:40","slug":"beloved-indian-singer-lata-mangeshkar-dead-at-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/02\/06\/beloved-indian-singer-lata-mangeshkar-dead-at-92\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar dead at 92"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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<\/a>\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

Feb. 6 (UPI) —<\/span> Lata Mangeshkar — the beloved singer known as the “Melody Queen” and “Nightingale of India” — has died at the age of 92.<\/p>\n

Dr. Pratit Samdani told reporters that Mangeshkar died of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai.\n<\/p>\n

The entertainer had been hospitalized since Jan. 11 after contracting COVID-19<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Throughout her eight-decade career, she was heard singing more than 5,000 songs in over 1,000 Bollywood and regional-language films, most notably “Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya? (Why Fear if You are in Love?)” in Mughal-e-Azam<\/i>, a 1960 romantic tragedy.<\/p>\n

As a playback singer, she was not seen on screen. Other actors would lip sync to her voice.<\/p>\n

Her music also has been used in Hollywood films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Life of Pi, Lion <\/i>and The Hundred-Foot Journey<\/i>.<\/p>\n

India bestowed upon Mangeshkar the Bharat Ratna, its highest civilian honor, in 2001.<\/p>\n

Two days of national mourning will be observed and Mangeshkar is expected to be given a state funeral.<\/p>\n

The country’s flag will also fly at half-staff through Monday.<\/p>\n

“I am anguished beyond words,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted Saturday.\n<\/p>\n

“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 mesmerize people.<\/p>\n

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Cheslie Kryst arrives at the premiere of “Like A Boss” at SVA Theater in New York City on January 7, 2020. Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant, died January 30, 2022 at age 30. Photo by John Angelillo\/UPI | License Photo<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n