Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians, died on Monday, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 73.
The multi-Grammy winning musician, who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, breathed his last at a hospital in San Francisco, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. After news of his demise broke, fans, friends and music industry insiders took to their handles to remember the star and honour his legacy.
