Zubeen Garg | Fans, Neighbours Pay Tribute At Zubeen Garg’s Home Celebrated Bollywood and Assamese singer Zubeen Garg died in a freak accident in Singapore on Friday. The 52-year-old artiste was in the island nation for the North East India Festival, where he was scheduled to perform on September 20 and 21. The organisers of the North East India Festival issued a statement confirming the news of his death and underlined that they were unaware of the yacht visit before the tragic accident, adding that the festival stands cancelled in light of the singer's death. The statement read, "With profound grief, we share the heartbreaking news that our beloved icon, Zubeen Garg, passed away today at Singapore General Hospital around 2:30 PM. Zubeen had arrived in Singapore just the day before yesterday. He was scheduled to be with us at the festival tomorrow, meeting and interacting with people."