<p>A prolific singer, Manna Dey's last wish was to record an emotional love song in memory of his deceased wife Sulochana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He wanted to sing till his last breath. He was very keen to resume singing after a long hiatus despite his ill health. It was his last wish to record a song for his wife," his close associate Suparna Kanti Ghosh told PTI.<br /><br />Dey had decided to record four Rabindra Sangeet songs in his wife's memory this year.<br /><br />Ghosh said since the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee was a perfectionist, he was waiting for his health to improve so that he could record the songs.<br /><br />But unfortunately the last wish went unfulfilled as the legend passed away today due to prolonged illness in Bangalore.<br /><br />"God should have let him fulfil his last wish at least. He only wanted to pay tribute to his departed wife as a lover," lamented Ghosh, himself a music director and lyricist.<br /><br />Dey's last work was vocalist Sraboni Mondal's Bengali music album 'Kemon Acho Tumi Ekhon' (How are you now) where he had composed two songs. It was released only two weeks ago.<br /><br />Dey, who got married in 1953, lost his his wife in January last year due to cancer. Since then he lived alone.<br /><br />Any mention of her by visiting journalists and relatives in Bangalore would leave him in tears.<br /><br />"Their bonding was very strong as they were married for sixty years. After her death he changed a lot and would cry like a baby," his grand nephew Sandeep Dey said.<br /><br />His wife Sulochana was known to be an inspiration behind a number of his evergreen love songs. He even treated her as his music critic. Whenever he wrote a new musical score, he would submit it to her for approval before presenting it to film producers.<br /><br />Born in Kolkata, the multi-talented singer spent more than fifty years in Mumbai before moving on to Bangalore.</p>
<p>A prolific singer, Manna Dey's last wish was to record an emotional love song in memory of his deceased wife Sulochana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"He wanted to sing till his last breath. He was very keen to resume singing after a long hiatus despite his ill health. It was his last wish to record a song for his wife," his close associate Suparna Kanti Ghosh told PTI.<br /><br />Dey had decided to record four Rabindra Sangeet songs in his wife's memory this year.<br /><br />Ghosh said since the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee was a perfectionist, he was waiting for his health to improve so that he could record the songs.<br /><br />But unfortunately the last wish went unfulfilled as the legend passed away today due to prolonged illness in Bangalore.<br /><br />"God should have let him fulfil his last wish at least. He only wanted to pay tribute to his departed wife as a lover," lamented Ghosh, himself a music director and lyricist.<br /><br />Dey's last work was vocalist Sraboni Mondal's Bengali music album 'Kemon Acho Tumi Ekhon' (How are you now) where he had composed two songs. It was released only two weeks ago.<br /><br />Dey, who got married in 1953, lost his his wife in January last year due to cancer. Since then he lived alone.<br /><br />Any mention of her by visiting journalists and relatives in Bangalore would leave him in tears.<br /><br />"Their bonding was very strong as they were married for sixty years. After her death he changed a lot and would cry like a baby," his grand nephew Sandeep Dey said.<br /><br />His wife Sulochana was known to be an inspiration behind a number of his evergreen love songs. He even treated her as his music critic. Whenever he wrote a new musical score, he would submit it to her for approval before presenting it to film producers.<br /><br />Born in Kolkata, the multi-talented singer spent more than fifty years in Mumbai before moving on to Bangalore.</p>