From BBC News.

Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73.

The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.

Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award.

Through his performances he transformed the tabla, a pair of drums used in Indian classical music, into a globally loved solo instrument that was the star of the show.

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