IPOH: Simon Mohan, the singer of Indian ethnicity who used to sing in Chinese and even released an album in Mandarin in the 1990s, has passed away.
Simon, whose real name is Elanjselvan VM Mohan, was 64.
His eldest son, Krisna Mohan, 34, said his father passed away at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur at about 11am on Tuesday (June 11).
"He had dinner with us on Monday and at midnight, he complained he was having difficulty breathing and we called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
"Doctors informed us that he had a viral lung infection and a sudden drop in oxygen levels also caused his heart to fail," he added.