Kolkata: Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee on Tuesday passed away at the age of 90 after suffering a massive cardiac arrest.
According to reports, she suffered a massive cardiac arrest and despite all efforts to save her, she passed away.
She was also hospitalized in the last week of January due to complications related to COVID-19 infection.
She recently hit headlines after she denied the Padma Shri which was bestowed on January 26, on the occasion of Republic Day. According to her, daughter, Soumi Sengupta, she turned down the award because receiving the same at the age of 90 is extremely demeaning.
She was considered one of the sweetest voices of playback singing in the 60s and 70s. She has thousands of songs in Bengali and nearly dozen in other languages to her credit.
Sandhya Mukherjee received the Banga Bibhusan, the highest Civilian honour given by the West Bengal government, in 2011.
She was also conferred with the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 1970 for Jay Jayanti, the Bengali remake of the Hollywood classic Sound of Music.
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