{"id":821,"date":"2004-12-14T02:21:07","date_gmt":"2004-12-14T07:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=821"},"modified":"2005-04-13T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2005-04-13T18:18:43","slug":"classical_singe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/12\/14\/classical_singe\/","title":{"rendered":"Classical singer Subbulakshmi passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Indian classical singer Madurai Shanmugavadivu “M.S.” Subbulakshmi\ndied late Saturday in Chennai at the age of 88 (via Sreenath\nSreenivasan<\/a>)<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

From Rediff: <\/p>\n\n

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“The vocalist died peacefully in her sleep,” Dr. C.V.\nKrishnaswamy, who treated her at the St. Isabel hospital, told PTI.<\/p>\n

The musician was admitted to the hospital on December 2 following a bout of\nviral infection, which later developed into broncho pneumonia.<\/p>\n

Her condition worsened on Friday night and she lapsed into a coma as she developed\ncardiac irregularities. The end came at 23:45 IST.<\/p>\n

She was also a chronic diabetic for nearly four decades.<\/p>\n

Born as Kunjamma in the temple city of Madurai on September 16, 1916, Subbulakshmi\nmade her debut as a singer at the age of eight and went on to perform in\nconcerts, a domain traditionally reserved for males.<\/p>\n

The vocalist immortalized many songs, including “Vaishnava Janatho,” a favorite\nof Mahatma Gandhi, Meera bhajans, Annamacharya kirthans and the like.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Rediff: M.S. Subbulakshmi passes away<\/a>
\n\nSAJA: Coverage of Indian singer M.S. Subbulakshmi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Indian classical singer Madurai Shanmugavadivu “M.S.” Subbulakshmi died late Saturday in Chennai at the age of 88 (via Sreenath Sreenivasan). From Rediff: “The vocalist died peacefully in her sleep,” Dr. C.V. Krishnaswamy, who treated her at the St. Isabel hospital, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}