Singer Nita Tilana dies at Pondok Indah Hospital

Singer Nita Tilana dies at Pondok Indah Hospital

JAKARTA (JP): Popular singer Nita Tilana, who shot to fame
with her hit, Tak Ada Waktu (No Time), died on Thursday at Pondok
Indah Hospital, South Jakarta, of uterine cancer.

Nita, 33, had been treated in several hospitals, including one
in Singapore, before being admitted to the hospital on July 7.

She is survived by her husband Rully A., who married her in
October last year.

Nita's brother, Ray Bachtiar, said Nita passed away at 11:15
a.m. Doctors said that the cancer had reached her lungs.

Born in the West Java capital of Bandung on Oct. 8, 1967,
Nita, sister of GIGI pop band frontman Armand Maulana, had
featured in many tabloids since her illness.

Many articles praised husband Rully, who faithfully
accompanied Nita from hospital to hospital.

"He's an angel sent by God to me," Nita used to say of him.

Nita, who was known by the nickname Nitnot, had recently
founded a celebrity charity foundation with fellow artist Merlina
Bellina.

Her body is being laid at her house in Persada Kemala housing
complex in Kalimalang, East Jakarta, before being taken to
Bandung and buried at Sirna Raga cemetery in Bandung on Friday.

Friends and relatives as well as fellow celebrities expressed
their condolences to her family on Thursday afternoon.

The celebrities included Deasy Ratnasari, Jeffry Waworuntu and
wife Ruth Sahanaya, Gunawan and wife Paramitha Rusadi, Melly
Goeslaw, Melly Manuhutu, Rina Gunawan, Lilo from KLA Project and
Nicky Astria. (lup)