Fans mourn death of ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh's fans mourned as 70-year-old renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away in Mumbai, early Monday morning, almost a year fortnight after he suffered from a brain haemorrhage. Singh was operated on Sept 23 at Lilavati Hospital in the city, and was in a critical condition since then. An official statement from the hospital said Singh had passed away at 8.10 a.m. Credited with popularising the ghazal genre and making it accessible to the masses, Singh cut more than 40 private albums and sang for innumerable Bollywood films, influencing an entire generation of music lovers.