Pancham’s team member no more

R D Burman’s saxophonist and a music assistant, Manohari Singh, 79, passed away on Tuesday, following a cardiac arrest.

R D Burman’s saxophonist and a music assistant, Manohari Singh, 79, passed away on Tuesday, following a cardiac arrest. “Very sorry to hear about Manohari Singh’s cardiac arrest,” Asha Bhosle said.

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Lata Mangeshkar offered condolensce too. ‘A very good saxophone player, great arranger and a fabulous human being, Manohari

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passed away. My condolences to his family,’ she posted on Twitter.

He recenlty accompanied Bhosle and two other associates of Burman — Kancha and Homi Mullan — on the sets of Sony TV’s

Indian Idol 5

for a special episode dedicated to the late composer. Singh became emotional on the show when Bhosle spoke about Burman.

Singh played the saxophone on Burman’s compositions like

Gaata rahe mera dil

, and for songs in more recent movies like

Chalte Chalte

and

Veer Zaara

.