Tabla maestro, four-time Grammy award winner and Padma Vibushan awardee Ustad Zakir Hussaindied in San Francisco, aged 73, on December 15, 2024, leaving a void in the world of classical music. Ustad Hussain’s family, in a statement, said he died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Feb 26, 2021 — Zakir Hussain completed the COVID-19 vaccination process by taking the second doze. The Padma Bhushan recipient was lauded by music stars.