New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday mourned the death of painter M.F. Husain, saying that his demise was a "national loss".

 
 "It's a national loss," the prime minister said after hearing about the death of India's most celebrated painter.
 
 Husain, the Indian who rose from painting cinema hoardings to become one of the world's most celebrated artists, died in a London hospital early Thursday at the age of 95, family sources said.
 
 He was living away from India in self-imposed exile after being targeted by Hindu radicals.