Karnail Gill
Karnail Gill | |
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| Birth name | Karnail Singh Gill ਕਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਗਿੱਲ |
| Born | 13 February 1942 Gurusar Chak no. 259, Layallpur district, British Punjab |
| Origin | Ludhiana |
| Died | 24 June 2012 (aged 70) Jamalpur Awana, Ludhiana district, East Punjab |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Harmonium |
| Years active | 1964–2012 |
Karnail Gill (Punjabi: ਕਰਨੈਲ ਗਿੱਲ) was a Punjabi folk singer of Punjab. He is best known for his duets with Narinder Biba, Surinder Kaur, Jagmohan Kaur, Mohni Narula, Swaran Lata, Ranjit Kaur, Kumari Veena, Kuldip Kaur, Gulshan Komal, Priti Bala, Usha Kiran, Harneet Neetu, Sukhwant Sukhi, Suchet Bala, Sarbjit Cheema, Rakhi Hundal, Navdeep Kaur and many more.
Suffering from spinal cancer, he died on 24 June 2012, survived by his wife Sukhjinder Kaur, son Gurtej Singh and two daughters Kanwardeep Kaur and Kirandeep Kaur, and students Rakhi Hundal, Anoop Sidhu. He was cremated at his village of Jamalpur in Ludhiana district.