Legendary musician, Pandit Ravi Shankar passed in San Diego on Tuesday. He was 92. The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California last Thursday after he complained of breathing difficulties.
He breathed his last at 4.30 p.m. The sitar exponent, perhaps could be called India`s musical ambassador and was responsible for making Indian classical music popular in the West. He had collaborated with several international artists including George Harrison of ‘The Beatles’ which had garnered him fame and adulation all over the world.
Last week, the maestro had wished to speak to superstar Amitabh Bachchan.
Panditji is survived by his wife Sukanya and musician daughters, sitar player Anushka Shankar and singer Norah Jones.
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