New Delhi, Feb 16 : Popular Bollywood music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri, died at Mumbai’s CritiCare Hospital here on Wednesday. He was 69. Lahiri had been in hospital for a month and had been discharged on Monday. But he was again admitted to the hospital on Tuesday after his health deteriorated. Bappi Lahiri was suffering from multiple health issues. He died due to OSA (obstructive sleep apnea) shortly before midnight,” doctors treating him said. Bappi Lahiri was known for popularising the disco music in Bollywood as he delivered popular songs in several films of the late 1970s-80s like ‘Chalte Chalte’, ‘Disco Dancer’, Namak Halal, Dance Dance and ‘Sharaabi’. His last Bollywood song titled Bhankas was for the film ‘Baaghi 3’, released in 2020.
