Family, fans bid tearful adieu to Ghazal king Jagjit Singh

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Mumbai, Oct 11: Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh was bid a tearful adieu by family, friends and admirers today.
 The mortal remains of the 70-year-old legend were brought from Leelavati Hospital to his Pedder Road residence in South Mumbai, where people  paid their last respects.
 The funeral took place at the Chandanwadi electric crematorium in Marine Lines. The last rites were conducted by Singh's brother Kartar  Singh Dhiman in the presence of his grandsons--Armaan and Umer Chowdhary.
 Lyricist-composer Gulzar, Javed Akthar, actor-politician Raj Babbar, singer Roopkumar Rathod, Sonu Nigam, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar were prominent among those who attended the funeral.
 A Padma Bhushan recipient, Singh was admitted to the hospital on September 23 and was in the ICU since then. His condition had deteriorated in the last few days and he was on life support. The veteran singer breathed his last yesterday at 8.10 am.

Lastupdate on : Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 IST



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