Kolkata: Legendary Bengali singer Sandhya Mukhopadhyay died at a city hospital in Kolkata late Tuesday evening. She was 90. She was admitted to a hospital in the city on January 27. Mukhopadhyay recently hit the national headlines for rejecting the Padma Shri award from the Union government.
The veteran singer refused to accept the award offered to her on Republic Day stating that it was insulting for her as she was given the award at this age. The contention of the legendary actress was also that those who offered the offer did so without being aware of how diversified her musical journey had been.
On January 27 this year after she fell severely ill, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee immediately contacted her family members and made arrangements so that she can be shifted to the state-run SSKM Medical College and Hospital. The Chief Minister ensured that the singer got admitted to the Woodburn Ward of the hospital for her treatment which is generally allocated for the VIPs and VVIPs. She was later shifted to a private hospital.
