Noted
Bengali
and
Odia
singer
Nirmala
Mishra
passed
away
at
her
residence
in
Chetla
area
in
Kolkata
in
the
early
hours
of
Sunday,
July
31,
after
suffering
a
massive
heart
attack,
a
senior
doctor
said.
Mishra,
81,
who
lent
her
voice
to
songs
in
several
Bengali
and
Odia
films,
had
been
battling
age-related
ailments
for
some
time.
“She
suffered
a
massive
heart
attack
around
12.05
am
and
was
taken
to
the
nearest
nursing
home,
where
the
singer
was
declared
dead,”
the
doctor
told
PTI.
Born
in
1938
in
West
Bengal’s
South
24
Parganas
district,
Mishra
was
a
recipient
of
the
Sangeet
Sudhakar
Balakrushna
Das
Award,
which
was
conferred
on
the
singer
for
her
lifetime
contribution
to
Odia
music.
Her
popular
Bengali
songs
include
'Eamon
Ekta
Jhinuk’,
'Bolo
to
Arshi’
and
'Eai
Banglar
Mati
Te’,
while
some
of
her
hit
Odia
songs
are
'Nida
Bhara
Raati
Madhu
Jhara
Janha'
and
'Mo
Mana
Beena
Ra
Taare’.
West
Bengal
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee
has
expressed
grief
over
the
demise
of
Mishra.
The
singer's
body
will
be
taken
to
Rabindra
Sadan
around
11
am
for
her
fans
and
admirers
to
pay
their
last
respect,
official
sources
said.
Photo
courtesy
of
NDTV.