<p>88-year-old Khan died at his music centre at 10 am IST, Rabin Pal, the secretary of sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar, said.<br /><br />He is survived by wife Mary, three sons and a daughter.<br /><br />Pal, a family friend of the sarod maestro, said that he was informed about the death of Khan by the Ustad's family in San Francisco.<br /><br />Khan's secretary in Kolkata Ashish Roy said the maestro, who was on dialysis, had been ailing for over four years and his condition had deteriorated in the last four months.<br />A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, Khan was a colossus in the world of Indian classical music for the last five decades.</p>
<p>88-year-old Khan died at his music centre at 10 am IST, Rabin Pal, the secretary of sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar, said.<br /><br />He is survived by wife Mary, three sons and a daughter.<br /><br />Pal, a family friend of the sarod maestro, said that he was informed about the death of Khan by the Ustad's family in San Francisco.<br /><br />Khan's secretary in Kolkata Ashish Roy said the maestro, who was on dialysis, had been ailing for over four years and his condition had deteriorated in the last four months.<br />A recipient of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, Khan was a colossus in the world of Indian classical music for the last five decades.</p>
