United Nations chief Antonio Guterres condoled the demise of Indian singer, Lata Mangeshkar. He also pointed out that she "truly had been the voice of the subcontinent".
Lata Mangeshkar passed away in Mumbai on Sunday at the age of 93.
The UN Secretary General's Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq informed the PTI on Tuesday that Antonio Guterres “expressed his condolences to her family and to the people of India, over the loss of someone who had truly been the voice of the subcontinent”.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti on Sunday said the passing of Mangeshkar is an “irreplaceable loss to the nation. An irreplaceable loss to the world of music".
"Bharat Ratna #LataMangeshkar will live in our hearts forever,” he said.
Assistant-Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women Anita Bhatia on Sunday took to Twitter and said, Mangeshkar, “the Nightingale of India, is no more. We mourn the passing of this remarkable woman, a music legend whose beautiful voice is indelibly etched in our memories & our hearts.”
Meanwhile, the Diaspora organisation Federation of Indian Associations - New York, New Jersey and Connecticut (FIA-NY NJ CT) also condoled the demise of Lata Mangeshkarji, who was also known as the 'Nightingale of India'.
Incidentally, Many other officials have condoled the death of the legendary singer.