NEW DELHI: Music maestro Bhupen Hazarikapassed away in a Mumbai hospital on Saturday,a hospital spokesperson said.
"It was a multi-organ failure. The end came around 4.30 pm," Jayanta Saha, chief PRO at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani hospital, said.
He was suffering from respiratory and kidney failure. His condition had detoriated significantly in the last few days. His long-time companion and filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi was beside him when he died.
Hazarika's health deteriorated on October 23 after he developed pneumonia. He had to undergo a minor surgery whereby doctors placed a food pipe into his system.
The 86-year-old Dada Saheb Phalke Award winner was undergoing treatment at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital since June 29 after he complained of breathlessness. Ever since he has been confined to his hospital bed.
Perhaps the only living balladeer in the country, composing his own lyrics and music, Hazarika lent his voice to the film "Gandhi To Hitler", where he sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav jan'.
