Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has passed away. He was admitted to a hospital in San Francisco, USA after suffering from heart related complications Earlier in the day, journalist Pervaiz Alam shared the news of his hospitalization and wrote on social media,

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said on Monday (December 16, 2024). Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to his family.

The music world mourns the loss of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, who passed away at 73 in San Francisco. Born in Mumbai in 1950 to Ustad Alla Rakha, Hussain mastered the tabla early, blending Indian classical with global genres,