Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Passes Away At 73

꧒Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has passed away. His family confirmed the death of the 73-year-old music legend. As per the official statement from his family, Hussain died from complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He is survived by his wife Antonia Minnecola and their daughters -- Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi.

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Updated on: 16 December 2024 10:46 am

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ꦏZakir Hussain at the 66th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony ♏| Photo: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

🍨Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia accept the award for Contemporary Instrumental Album at the 66th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.

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Zakir Hussain accepts the "Global Music Performance" award | Photo: Rich Polk/Billboard via Getty Images

🅺Zakir Hussain accepts the "Global Music Performance" award for "Pashto" at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony held at Peacock Theater on February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.

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🐷Zakir Hussain performs during 53rd edition of Heineken Jazzaldia Festival | Photo: Gari Garaialde/Redferns

💙Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain performs with Holland / Hussain / Potter Trio onstage during 53rd edition of Heineken Jazzaldia Festival on July 27, 2018 in San Sebastian, Spain.

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Zakir Hussain performs on stage at L'Auditori | Photo: Jordi Vidal/Redferns

🧜Zakir Hussain of the Bela Fleck Trio performs on stage at L'Auditori on July 19, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain.

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Zakir Hussain during "Remember Shakti" Concert | Photo: Jun Sato/WireImage

🍷Zakir Hussain during John McLaughlin in "Remember Shakti" Concert - January 31, 2005 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

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Zakir Hussain during True People's Celebration | Photo: Jun Sato/WireImage

💜Zakir Hussain of Tabla Beat Science during True People's Celebration - Day Two at Chichibu Muse Park in Chichibu, Japan.

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Ustad Zakir Hussain performs Pandit Birju Maharaj's 75th birthday. 𝔍| Photo: Asif Khan/The India Today Group via Getty Images

ꦿUstad Zakir Hussain performed on 75th birthday of Pandit Birju Maharaj in New Delhi on Monday, February 04, 2013.

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Zakir Hussain during the Jazz A Vienne festival | Photo: David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images

🌠Zakir Hussain performs during the Jazz A Vienne festival on July 9, 2013 in Vienne, France.

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Zakir Hussain 🐷| Photo: Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain.

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ܫUstad Zakir Hussain with Amitabh Bachchan, Pandit Birju Maharaj and Ustad Rashid Khan 🎀| Photo: Prodip Guha/Hindustan Times via Getty Images

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj, Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain and Hindustani vocalist Ustad Rashid Khan ❀during the 17th Vasantotsav Music Concert on February 26, 2017 in Mumbai, India.

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