Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92

Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalogue and a voice recognized by a billion people in South Asia, has died at the age of 92.

The iconic singer died of multiple organ failure. She was hospitalized on January 11 after contracting with COVID-19.  The Indian government has announced two days of mourning from Sunday, during which the national flag would be flown at half-mast throughout the country.

She will be given a state funeral.  Over the course of nearly eight decades, Mangeshkar was a major presence as a playback singer. Her songs, always filled with emotion, were often sad and mostly dealt with unrequited love, but others involved national pride. She was also fondly revered as the "Melody Queen" and "Nightingale of India."