Singapore entertainment veteran and Cultural Medallion recipient Nona Asiah dies | The Straits Times

The artiste, who was in her 90s, was one of the most popular singers in the 1950s and 1960s. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – Singaporean music and film veteran Nona Asiah, one of the most popular singers during the golden era of the silver screen in the 1950s and 1960s, died in the early morning of July 30.
According to her son Indra Shahrir, the Cultural Medallion recipient died of old age at Changi General Hospital. As there are no official birth records, he says her age ranged between 92 and 94.
Indra, a music producer and director, tells The Straits Times: “She had been in the hospital fo


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