New Delhi: Singing Legend Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92 due to multi-organ failure on Sunday morning at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai.
Mangeshkar’s mortal remains will be carried to her home Prabhu Kunj at 12:30 PM. She will be cremated at 6:30 PM in the evening. Her mortal will be kept at her home till 3 PM for people to pay respect. At around 4 PM her mortal remains will be taken to Shivaji Park where her last rites will be performed later in the evening.
Famously regarded as Lata Didi, Mangeshkar was hospitalised for more than 28 days. She was on life support in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and took her last at 8:12 AM this morning, as per the hospital authorities.
Mangeshkar was hospitalised after she developed symptoms of Covid-19 and pneumonia on the intervening night of January 8 and 9.
N Santhanam, chief executive officer of Breach Candy Hospital said, "She came and got admitted as a Covid patient. Covid was treated, but due to post-Covid complications, she passed away."
Post her demise, government sources told news agency ANI that two-day mourning will be observed in the country and the National flag will fly at half-mast for two days.
Lata Mangeshkar was proudly known as the ‘Nightingale of India’ and the ‘Queen of Melody’. She has more than 30,000 songs credited to her name in a career spanning the last seven decades. She has songs in around 36 languages. Her demise is being mourned by the whole country.