Daijiworld Media Network – Mumbai
Mumbai, Feb 16: Bollywood’s legendary singer-composer Bappi Lahiri has passed away in a Mumbai hospital, on February 16. He was 69.
Lahiri was admitted to Criticare Hospital in Mumbai’s Juhu area, media reported. Dr Deepak Namjoshi, the Physician, Cardiologist and Pulmonologist who was treating the musician, said, "Bappi Lahiri passed away a little before midnight. When the family got him to the hospital his blood pressure was low and the pulse could not be felt. We tried to revive him but it was too late."
Bappi Lahiri who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, had delivered popular songs in several films of the late 1970s-80s like 'Chalte Chalte', 'Disco Dancer', and 'Sharaabi'. His last Bollywood song titled Bhankas was for the 2020 film 'Baaghi 3'.
The singer's last appearance on the screen was with Salman Khan on reality show Bigg Boss 15, where he was promoting his grandson Swastik's new song 'Baccha Party'.