Noted ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Lilavati hospital last week due to brain hemorrhage, passed away today. He was 70.

The singer underwent an emergency surgery to remove clots in his brain when he was brought to the hospital.

He was scheduled to perform along side Pakistani ghaza singer Ghulam Ali at a concert at Shanmukhananda Hall when he suffered the hemorrhage.

Singh had had a history of heart ailments. In January 1998, he suffered a heart attack. In October 2007, he was hospitalised following blood circulation problems.

The singer is survived by wife Chitra Singh. The couple's only son Vivek had died in a car accident in the 1990s.