Bengali Singer Pratik Choudhury Passes Away at 55
Bengali singer Pratik Choudhury on Tuesday passed away at a City hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, family members said.
Choudhury, 55, is survived by wife and a son.
The popular singer, known for his albums on contemporary Bengali songs invluding "Mukhosh", "Bhusandir Mathe", "Ebar Pratik er Pallay" and so on.
Choudhury, a graduate from Calcutta University, began his music career in 1994 by singing jingles. He also sung in numerous TV serials, Bengali movies.
Musicians and singers from Bengal expressed shock in his sudden demise and condoled the bereaved family.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also expressed grief in Chudhury's death and termed the incident as an irrepairable damage to the music Industry.
Lady Gaga ends her engagement to Christian Carino
Singer-actress Lady Gaga has called off her engagement to fiance Christian Carino.
Gaga's representative confirmed the news to people.com saying their relationship ended "a bit ago".
"It just didn't work out. Relationships sometimes end. There's no long dramatic story," the publication quoted a source as saying.
The A Star Is Born star announced her engagement to Carino in October.
Gaga was also engaged to actor Taylor Kinney before they split in July 2016.
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