How did singer Jagjit Singh's son die?
Apart from Hindi, Jagjit Singh also sang songs in many other languages. He was born in a Sikh family of Rajasthan. Earlier his name was Jagjivan Singh, later he changed it to Jagjit Singh. Jagjit Singh started his career in 1961 by singing in All India Radio.
Jagjit Singh was devastated by the death of his young son, the pain in singing had increased due to the shock.After a lot of struggle, he got a chance to sing in Hindi cinema. In 1967, when Jagjit was looking for work, he met Chitra Dutta. Chitra was married at that time. But despite this both of them fell in love with each other.Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh used to perform concerts together. By the year 1980, Jagjit Singh had become the Ghazal King. Along with the private album, Jagjit also sang many ghazals in films which include films like 'Prem Geet', 'Arth', 'Jism', 'Tum Bin', 'Joggers Park'. Chitra and Jagjit Singh had a son, Vivek. Vivek died in a road accident at the age of 20. This incident broke Jagjeet and Chitra to the core.
He did not sing any song for many months. Gradually he returned to the world of music. When Jagjit Singh, who was deeply saddened by the death of his son, returned to the world of ghazal singing, the pain of losing someone was seen to have increased manifold in his voice. However, his wife, saddened by the death of her son, announced her retirement.Jagjit Singh was awarded the 'Padma Bhushan' award by the Government of India in 2003. In 2011, Jagjit Singh was to perform with Ghulam Ali in UK but due to brain haemorrhage, he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on 23 September 2011. He remained in coma for about two weeks. His condition kept worsening and on 10 October 2011, Jagjit Singh said goodbye to the world.