Renowned Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Passes Away
Renowned tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away on Sunday at a hospital in San Francisco, USA. He was 73 years old. According to his family, he had been suffering from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He breathed his last while undergoing treatment. For the past two weeks, he had been admitted to the hospital, and as his condition worsened, he was shifted to the ICU.
His elder sister Khurshid Aulia said, “He passed away very peacefully. After the ventilator was withdrawn, he left us at 4 PM San Francisco time.”
Born on March 9, 1951, Zakir Hussain was the son of legendary tabla maestro Ustad Alla Rakha. Over a musical career that spanned six decades, he left an indelible mark on the world of music, becoming an invaluable treasure for music lovers around the globe.
