Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle has died at the age of 92, her family confirmed on Sunday.
According to Indian media reports, Asha Bhosle had been admitted to a hospital due to a chest infection, and her death was caused by multiple organ failure.
News of her hospitalisation was earlier shared by her granddaughter, Zanai Bhosle, on the social media platform X.
Zanai Bhosle wrote that her grandmother had been admitted due to extreme fatigue and a chest infection.
Asha Bhosle recorded thousands of songs in more than 20 languages over a career spanning seven decades.
She also sang several ghazals, qawwalis and classical compositions.
She began her singing career when she was 10 in 1943 and received her early musical training from her father, Deenanath Mangeshkar.
In 2011, the Guinness World Records recognised her as the most recorded artist in music history.
Throughout her career, she gave numerous hit songs in Bollywood and received several honours, including the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and India’s Padma Vibhushan in 2008, India’s second-highest civilian award.
