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Veteran singer Nirmala Mishra passes away
Legendary Bengali singer Nirmala Mishra is no more. The veteran singer died at her residence in Kolkata’s Chetla on Sunday. The 81-year-old music legend who suffered a massive heart attack was suffering from age-related ailments for quite some time and was almost bedridden for the past few months.
According to reports, she suffered a major heart attack at around 12.05 am and was rushed to a nearby nursing home, where the Bengali singer was declared dead.
Born in 1938 in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, Nirmala Mishra is a recipient of the Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Das Award, which was conferred on the singer for her lifetime contribution to Odia music.