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Lata Mangeshkar, legendary and beloved Indian singer, dies at 92

Singer Lata Mangeshkar laughs at the launch of her hindi music album ‘Saadgi’ or Simplicity, on World Music Day, in Mumbai, India, on June 21, 2007. | AP

NEW DELHI — Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died. She was 92.

The iconic singer died Sunday morning of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, her physician, Dr. Pratit Samdani, told reporters. She was hospitalized on Jan. 11 after contracting COVID-19. She was taken off the ventilator after her condition improved in late January but her health deteriorated on Saturday and was put back on life support.

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