Sonia Gandhi expressed deep anguish over Manna Dey's death
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- Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expressed deep anguish over the death of legendary singer Manna Dey, saying India has lost a genius.
- She said that in the passing away of Mr Dey, the nation has lost a veteran playback singer, a versatile artiste of extraordinary ability, and a creative genius who mesmerised listeners with his enchanting voice.
- Mrs Gandhi said that the legend will always be remembered and will continue to enthral music lovers forever. Manna Dey, who cast his musical spell for over five decades with all-time hits like Ay Mere Pyare Watan' Laaga chunri Me Daag and Poocho Na Kaise, died at a hospital in Bangalore today at the age of 94 after prolonged illness.
- Manna Dey, who was in and out of Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital in the last five months for respiratory and renal problems, died of cardiac arrest at 3:50 AM.
- His daughter Shumita Deb and his son-in-law Jnanranjan Deb were by his bedside when the end came. His wife Sulochana died in January last year. His second daughter lives in the USA.
- Along with Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey was the last member of the famous quartet of singers who dominated the Hindi music industry from 1950s to 1970s.
- Born in Kolkata in 1919, Mr Dey went on to sing over 3,500 songs in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese films before quitting movies in the '90s. His last song was Hamari Hi Mutthi Mein from the 1991 film Prahaar.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed deep anguish over the death of legendarysinger Manna Dey, saying India has lost a genius.
She said that in the passing away of Mr Dey, the nation haslost a veteran playback singer, a versatile artiste ofextraordinary ability, and a creative genius who mesmerisedlisteners with his enchanting voice.
Mrs Gandhi said that the legend will always be remembered andwill continue to enthral music lovers forever.Manna Dey, who cast his musical spell for over five decadeswith all-time hits like
Ay Mere Pyare Watan'Laaga chunriMe Daag and
Poocho Na Kaise, died at a hospital inBangalore today at the age of 94 after prolonged illness.
Manna Dey, who was in and out of Narayana Hrudayalaya hospitalin the last five months for respiratory and renal problems,died of cardiac arrest at 3:50 AM.
His daughter Shumita Deb and his son-in-law JnanranjanDeb were by his bedside when the end came. His wife Sulochanadied in January last year. His second daughter lives in theUSA.
Along with Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey was thelast member of the famous quartet of singers who dominated theHindi music industry from 1950s to 1970s.
Born in Kolkata in 1919, Mr Dey went on to sing over 3,500songs in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannadaand Assamese films before quitting movies in the '90s. Hislast song was
Hamari Hi Mutthi Mein from the 1991 film
Prahaar.