Arab music Icon, Sabah dies in Lebanon at 87

Singer and film diva Sabah whose real name was Jeanette Gergis Al-Feghali passes away at 87 after a six-decade long career in the entertainment industry.
 
Al-Nahar newspaper said the Lebanese diva passed away on Wednesday morning at her residence at the age of 87. The Lebanese official news agency confimed her death, saying she passed away in Beirut.
 
During her more than six-decade long career, she has released over 50 albums and acted in 98 films.

She is reportedly the first Arabic singer who performed at Olympia in Paris, Carnegie Hall in New York, and Piccadilly Theatre in London and Sydney Opera House in Sydney, according to the Beirut-based Daily Star newspaper.
 
She held Egyptian, Jordanian and US citizenship as well as Lebanese, and continued to perform and make television appearances into her 80s. She is known for her multiple marriages, tying the knot with at least nine men.
 
Sabah was nicknamed "Shahroura", Arabic for "singing bird" and "the Sabbouha," a diminutive for "Sabah" by millions of fans across the Middle East.
 
"Today, Lebanon lost a legend. Sabah is gone but she remains in our hearts," famed Lebanese pop singer Nancy Ajram said on Twitter.
 
"Her memory will remain in the minds and hearts of millions," she tweeted