Mangeshkar, whose voice can be heard in numerous Bollywood musicals, was hospitalized last month after contracting COVID-19.
Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by a billion people in South Asia, has died, her doctor said. She was 92.
The iconic singer died of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, Dr. Pratit Samdani told reporters. She was hospitalized on Jan. 11 after contractingIndia declared two days of national mourning and said Mangeshkar will be given a state funeral and that the country’s flag will fly at half-staff, the public broadcaster Doordarshan said on Twitter.“I am anguished beyond words,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet. “She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled.