Legendary table virtuoso Zakir Hussain breathes his last on Monday. Hussain, who is regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation, is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola and his daughters, Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi. Born on March 9, 1951, he is the son of legendary tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha. He was 73.
He had been hospitalized for the last two weeks and was later taken to the ICU after his condition deteriorated. As per statement released by his family, Husain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
