From COVID-19 complications.
Photo: Getty Images 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.
A recipient of India’s highest honor, the Bharat Ratna, as well as France’s highest civilian award, Mangeshkar was primarily known as a playback singer, a vocalist who doesn’t appear onscreen but whose voice is dubbed in during musical numbers in Bollywood films. Though the work of a playback singer is inherently anonymous, Mangeshkar fought throughout her career for the rights of playback singers to earn royalties on their hit songs.
Classically trained in Hindustani music and fluent in Urdu, Mangeshkar had her breakout moment in 1949; her first major hit, “Aayega Aanewala,” from the movie Mahal, launched her into nationwide fame and transformed her into a household name overnight. Mangeshkar would go on to lend her voice to roles played by generations of Bollywood actresses, from Preity Zinta and Kajol to Madhubala, Jaya Bhaduri, and Meena Kumari.
Mangeshkar never married, and is survived by her siblings, Meena, Asha, Usha, and Hridaynath, all of whom are also musicians. Tributes to the singer from politicians, musicians, and actors have flooded social media in the wake of the singer’s passing. Composer A.R. Rahman tweeted, “Love, respect and prayers.” India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, wrote on Twitter, “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.
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