Lata Mangeshkar, Queen of Melody, dies at 92

Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar who mesmerised millions with her golden voice dies at 92.

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She had been admitted to Breach Candy Hospital on January 8, after she was diagnosed with Covid and pneumonia.

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Her sister Usha Mangeshkar confirmed the news of death of Lata Mangeshkar .

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Lata Mangeshkar Started her career at the age of 13 in 1942 with songs in her mother tongue Marathi

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Mangeshkar has sung over 30,000 songs in several Indian languages in an over seven-decade career.

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Her first Hindi song was “Paa lagoon kar jori” for Vasant Joglekar's movie “Aap Ki Seva Mein” in 1946.

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She has recorded songs for over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages.

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She was also the recipient of several awards like Bharat Ratna Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, and multiple National Film Awards.

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Mangeshkar was the first Indian to perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 1974.

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Some of her most loved tracks are “Ajeeb dastan hai ye”, “Pyar kiya to darna kya”, “Neela asman so gaya” and “Tere liye”.

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