Nitin Gadkari (picture courtesy: Bipin Kokate) and Anuradha Paudwal (picture courtesy: Yogen Shah)
The megastar had been admitted to Mumbai's Breach Candy hospital on January 8 after she was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia. Though having recovered from COVID, the star singer was put on ventilator support after her condition worsened on Saturday. In picture: Dr Pratit Samdani addressed the media sharing how Lataji succumbed to multiple-organ failure.
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Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer and was popularly known as "Nightingale of India" for her melodious voice. In picture: Nitin Gadkari addressing media
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Born on September 28, 1929, she began her career in the year 1942 at the age of 13. In a career spanning over seven decades, the melody queen recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films. She had sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages. In picture: Rashmi Thackeray at Breach Candy hospital
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In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour and is only the second vocalist, after MS Subbulakshmi, to receive this honour.
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She's also the recipient of three National Film Awards among many other honours she received during the span of her career. 'Aye Mere Vatan Ke Logon', 'Babul Pyare', Lag Ja Gale Se Phir' among others are some of her iconic songs. Mangeshkar is survived by four younger siblings- Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. In picture: Anuradha Paudwal at Breach Candy hospital
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Aditya Thackeray also visited Breach Candy hospital as Lata Mangeshkar passed away earlier this morning. (picture courtesy/Yogen Shah)
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