India's Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar dies at 92

Sunday, 6 February 2022Newsdesk

Lata Mangeshkar, one of India's most beloved singers who provided the soundtrack to hundreds of Bollywood films, has died aged 92.

New Delhi, 06 February 2022

As per news report of BBC, Mangeshkar was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai in January after testing positive for Covid-19. Her extraordinary career spanned more than half a century and she sung thousands of songs in 36 languages. She will receive a state funeral in Mumbai on Sunday which will be followed by two days of national mourning. During that period, the national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the country. A the news broke, tributes began pouring in for Mangeshkar who was often called the "nightingale of Bollywood".

Source - BBC