The legendary musician, Ravi Shankar, died at the age of 92 years while in the process of recovery operations in San Diego, California, United States (US).
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The wife, Sukanya, and his daughter Anoushka say his body is too weak to survive the recovery process from last week's operation.
"It is very difficult to tell that Pandit Ravi Shankar a father, husband, and soul musician died today," the family said.
"We know you are with us for the sadness and we are grateful for all the prayers and hopes of going through these difficult times We are very fortunate to be able to make it a part of our lives The spirit and the works will always live in our hearts and also the music, "the Shankar family said.
Ravi Shankar was born with the name Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on April 7, 1920 in Varanasi, India. He is famous for his stunning sitar game and makes frontman George Harrison of The Beatles interested in collaborating.
He began to come into contact with Western music by writing sitar music for concerts and world tours in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he was nominated as a member of the upper house of parliament in India. Not only that, he received India's highest award, Bharat Ratna in 1999, and successfully won three Grammy Awards, the highest award of music in the United States (US). Norah Jones, the result of his relationship with a New York concert producer named Sue Jones, also managed to carve a name in the world music scene.