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During his initial days in Mumbai, composer S D Burman's experiments with music were hit-and-miss affairs so he decided to give up his ambition of composing for Hindi films and return to Kolkata when he was persuaded by actor Ashok Kumar to stay back.
Composer Shameer Tandon was perhaps the last musician to work with Manna Dey. Recalling his experiences with the singing giant, he said that the legend was "86 years young that time" and "like an Englishman in the way he spoke and his discipline".
Manna Dey's songs played at the city's traffic signals, while a large number of his fans paid floral tributes to the legendary singer before his photographs.
Manna Dey is no more but his last compositions - dedicated to the memory of his wife Sulochana - will be released soon.
Prabodh Chandra Dey, who was better known by his stage name Manna Dey, died in a Bangalore hospital in the early hours of Thursday, October 24, morning. He was 94.
Legendary singer Manna Dey dies at 94.
