Musician passed on at the age of 55 after battling cancer
The Indian ward winning musician Ustad Rashid Khan has died at the age of 55 on Tuesday after battling cancer for a long time.
The musician passed on at a hospital in Kolkata, in India. Ustad Rashid Khan is the great-grandson of the legendary Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan Sahab, the founder of the Rampur Sahaswan Gharana and is also the nephew of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. In his condolences, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee said his tragic demise was a great loss in the music industry.
“Deeply saddened by the tragic demise of Ustad Rashid Khan, one of the greatest exponents of Indian classical music of our times’. ‘A hugely respected vocalist with unparalleled genius in creating music, he made us proud by settling here and making Bengal his home. He and Soma, his wife, and son Armaan, and the whole family, were close to us and allowed us to be on their side in the maestro’s last journey in life’, he said on X.
Leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari also weighed in saying Ustad’s demise would create a huge void in the music industry. “I am deeply saddened to learn that Padma Bhushan Ustad Rashid Khan has left for his heavenly abode. The sad and untimely demise of the Music Maestro would create a huge void in the sphere of Music especially Hindustani Classical Music. I offer my sincere condolences to his family members, colleagues & peers and innumerous fans & admirers. May his soul rest in peace,” he wrote.
