Internationally beloved pop singer Omid Jahan has died suddenly while performing onstage.

Jahan, 44, passed away after suffering a heart attack during a live performance on September 13 in Bam, southeastern Iran, per Iran Front Page. According to the outlet, Jahan collapsed on stage during the opening night of the city’s Date Festival. He was rushed to the hospital but could not be resuscitated.

Earlier, the head of Bam’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Office stated the singer was scheduled for multiple performances at the festival, which ran until September 18.

Jahan, whose full name is Omid Pouladi Jahan, was born in February 1982 in Abadan. As the son of Mahmoud Jahan, a renowned singer from southern Iran, he grew up immersed in music and began singing and playing instruments at an ear

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