Overview
- The singer, whose doctor and son confirmed her death Sunday, died at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital of multiple-organ failure.
- She had been admitted Saturday for extreme exhaustion and a chest infection, as granddaughter Zanai Bhosle requested privacy and rejected early claims of a cardiac arrest.
- The family said the public can pay respects Monday from 11 a.m. at her Casa Grande residence in Lower Parel, with last rites at 4 p.m. at Shivaji Park with full state honors.
- Tributes arrived from across India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising her as an iconic and versatile voice and Maharashtra leaders recalling her decades of performances.
- Across more than seven decades she recorded over 11,000 songs in multiple languages, earned the Padma Vibhushan and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, and was recognized by Guinness for her prolific output.