The
world
of
ghazal
will
no
longer
be
same
without
legendary
singer
Mehdi
Hassan.
Mehdi
Hassan's
death
has
left
a
void
in
the
world
of
music
that
can
never
be
filled,
artists
said
today
as
they
mourned
the
loss
of
the
Ghazal
king.
Melody
queen
Lata
Mangeshkar,
who
once
called
Hassan
the
'Voice
of
God',
said,
"A
singer
like
him
is
born
once
in
a
millennium.
It
is
my
bad
luck
that
I
could
not
sing
with
him
when
he
was
healthy.
Now
I
can
only
regret.
With
his
demise
the
music
fraternity
has
lost
a
great
and
legendary
singer."
Singer
Talat
Aziz,
who
was
trained
under
Hassan,
said,
"I
feel
a
tremendous
personal
sense
of
loss.
I
was
his
'shagird',
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
him.
For
me
he
was
a
star.
I
don't
have
words
to
describe
his
loss.
He
was
a
great
asset
to
the
world
of
Ghazal.
Though
he
was
not
singing
for
quite
sometime,
but
he
will
be
missed.
There
will
never
be
another
Mehdi
Hassan." Pakistani
Sufi
singer
Abida
Parveen
said,
"I
remember
him
saying
I
can
see
'sur'.
We
should
celebrate
him
across
India
and
Pakistan
because
he
was
an
asset
to
both
the
countries.
He
was
legendary.
Such
people
come
only
once
in
a
while."
Another
Pak
singer
Adnan
Sami
said,
"He
has
been
an
inspiration
to
anyone
who
has
anything
to
do
with
music.
He
created
an
institution
called
Mehdi
Hassan...
I
am
still
absorbing
the
news.
It's
difficult
to
digest
that
he
has
passed
away."
Zila
Khan
said,
"I
am
sad
as
I
was
when
my
father
died.
What
aesthetics
of
music,
what
a
great
artiste
he
was.
In
his
field
of
work
he
was
a
king
because
his
choice
of
'kalam',
his
music,
was
supreme."
"It
is
a
great
loss.
Everyone
learnt
from
his
music,
technique
and
style
of
singing.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
him
and
he
was
always
encouraging.
He
has
been
unwell
since
quite
sometime," said
singer
Chitra
Singh,
wife
of
late
Jagjit
Singh.
Celebs
took
to
Twitter
to
express
their
condolences.
Dia
Mirza
wrote,
"RIP
Mehdi
Hasan
Saab...
Your
songs
are
eternal..."
Singer
Shreya
Ghoshal
said,
"Mehdi
Hassan
sa'ab
is
no
more.
The
voice,
who
made
many
music
lovers
and
lovers
to
find
an
expression
of
their
heart's
stories,
is
gone.
RIP."
Actor
Anupam
Kher
tweeted,
"Very
saddened
to
hear
about
my
favourite
Gazal
Singer
Mehdi
Hassan's
demise.
As
a
student
had
gate
crashed
into
Pak
Embassy
to
listen
to
him.
RIP."
Filmmaker
Madhur
Bhandarkar
posted,
"Emperor
of
Ghazals
no
more.
RIP
Mehdi
Hassan.
You
will
be
missed
sorely!"
Shankar
Mahadevan
tweeted,
"RIP
Mehdi
Hassan
saab,
huge
loss
to
the
world
of
music...
your
Voice
is
immortal
though."
Writer
Taslima
Nasreen
wrote,
"I
grew
up
listening
to
your
music.
Good
Bye,Mehdi
Hasan!"