Playback singer Jagjit Kaur, widow of Khayyam, dies at 93 
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Playback singer Jagjit Kaur, widow of Khayyam, dies at 93

Her husband, Khayyam, the National Award Winner music director, had suffered a heart attack and died on August 19, 2019 at 92.

Well-known playback singer Jagjit Kaur -- the widow ofthe late music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam -- passed away here on Sundaymorning, an aide said.

She was 93 years old. Her last rites were performed atthe Juhu Crematorium with a few people present in view of the Covid-19restrictions, her spokesperson Pritam Sharma said. 

Her husband, Khayyam, the National Award Winner musicdirector, had suffered a heart attack and died on August 19, 2019 at 92.

The couple's only son Pradeep Khayyam had died in 2012after a cardiac arrest, stunning his aged parents, said Sharma.

Later, in 2016, the couple set up the "KhayyamJagjit Kaur KPG Charitable Trust" and donated their entire wealth of overRs 10-crore which is being used to financially help needy artistes andtechnicians in Bollywood.

Kaur, a singer in Hindi and Urdu, sang many songs,including "Tum Apna Ranjho Gham, Apni Pareshani Mujhe De Do" (Shagoon,1964), "Khamosh Zindagi Ko, Afsana Mil Gaya" (Dil-e-Nadaan, 1953),"Pehle To Aankh Milana" with Mohammed Rafi (Shola Aur Shabnam, 1961),"Sada Chidiya Da Chamba Ve" with Pamela Chopra (Kabhi Kabhi, 1976)"Kahe Ko Byahi Bides" (Umrao Jaan, 1981).

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