In this photograph taken on October 21, 2009, then Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil (C) presents The Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Indian singer Manna Dey (R) at the 55th National Film Awards Function in New Delhi. -AFP
MUMBAI: Legendary Bollywood singer Manna Dey died in hospital on Thursday after a five-decade career on the soundtracks of Indian movie classics, reports said. He was 94.
The star, who had been unwell with respiratory problems in recent months, died of cardiac arrest in the early morning, a senior doctor at the Narayana Hrudayalaya hospital in southern Bangalore city told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.
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