Mon Dec 16 23:42:36 UTC 2024: ## Tabla Maestro Zakir Hussain Dies at 73

**San Francisco, December 15, 2024** – Renowned tabla virtuoso Ustad Zakir Hussain passed away today at 3:42 PM Pacific Central Time (11:42 PM GMT) in San Francisco. He was 73. The cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

The news was confirmed by friend Jay Visvadeva in a statement released to UK Jazz News. Hussain, born in Mumbai on March 9, 1951, leaves behind a vast and influential musical legacy. Condolences have poured in from around the world for his family in San Francisco, London, and Mumbai.

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