Jagjit Singh

Jagjit Singh's Death

Born (Birthday) February 8, 1941

Death Date October 10, 2011

Age of Death 70 years

Cause of Death Hemorrhagic Stroke

Place of Death Lilavati Hospital And Research Centre, Mumbai, India

Profession Gospel Singer

The gospel singer Jagjit Singh died at the age of 70. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Known as the Ghazal King, he has sold millions of records and revived the popularity of the Ghazal genre.

While completing his studies, he started singing and learning music at local Sikh temples.

He was awarded the highest civilian honor, the Rajastan Ratna, by his home state of Rajastan.

How did Jagjit Singh die?

Jagjit Singh, a singer of wide popularity in South Asia who helped revive and popularize ghazals — a venerable form of Persian poetry set to music expressing the writer’s feelings, especially about love — died on Monday in Mumbai. He was 70. The cause was a brain hemorrhage, a spokesman for Lilavati Hospital said.