Veteran singer Mohammad Aziz passed away in Mumbai's Nanavati Hospital on Thursday. Mohammad was admitted in the Nanavati hospital of Mumbai where he breathed his last. Johnny Lever's brother Jimmy Moses took to social media to break the news. Mohammad Aziz's daughter, Sana Aziz said, "He always used to travel with someone. So, we got a call from them only. He died due to heart blockage. The problem started even before he boarded the flight but he just wanted to get back home. The last rites will happen in Mumbai only but not much has been decided yet". He has lent his voice to over 2000 songs in Hindi, Bengali and Odia films.

A big fan of veteran singer Mohammed Rafi, Aziz started singing when he was a child. After making his singing debut with Bengali film Jyoti, he moved to Mumbai and made his debut with the 1984 Hindi film, Ambar. Music composer Anu Malik gave him his big break in Amitabh Bachchan-starrerr Mard, in which he sang ‘Mard Taangewala’.

During his career spanning three decades, he would go on to work with Kalyanji-Anandji, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Rahul Dev Burman, Naushad, O. P. Nayyar, Bappi Lahiri, Rajesh Roshan, Raamlaxman, Ravindra Jain, Usha Khanna, Anand-Milind, Nadeem-Shravan, Jatin Lalit, Anu Malik, Damodar Raao, Anand Raj Anand and Aadesh Shrivastava. Aziz has sung for several A-list actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda, Rishi Kapoor, Mithun Chakraborty, and several others. He has also sung several popular duets with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Anuradha Paudwal and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

Some of his famous tracks include My name is Lakhan from Ram Lakhan, Tin Tina Tin Mahaanta, Teri Bewafai Ka Shikwa, Mitwa Bhool Na Jana and many more. His songs dominated the 80s and early 90s and are still popular.