Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary playback singer known as the Nightingale of India, has died at the age of 92. Her records sold in the tens of thousands and her back catalogue of some 30,000 songs spanned a swathe of genres and 36 languages. These photos chronicle the life of the songbird of Indian cinema:
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