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xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle, who died on April 12, 2026, has been one of the most influential singers in Indian cinema. [File: Sujit Jaiswal/AFP]By AFPPublished On 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2026Legendary Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice defined Bollywood music through the 1970s and ’80s, died in Mumbai aged 92, her family says.
The two-time Grammy nominee died on Sunday at the Breach Candy Hospital, where she was admitted for “extreme exhaustion” and a chest infection.
“My mother passed away today. Her last rites will be held tomorrow at Shivaji Park in Mumbai,” her son Anand Bhosle told reporters on Sunday.
Asha Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in multiple Indian languages over a seven-decade career.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “deeply saddened” by her death.
