Zakir Hussain: Legendary tabla player dies at 73

Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest drum people, has died at the age of 73.

The Indian classical music symbol died of unexplained pulmonary disease, a heart disease, at a clinic in San Francisco, his household said in a speech.

Hussain was a four-time Grammy nomination success and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest human honor.

Hussain was a young phenom who gave his first music at the age of seven. He is the son of tab legend Ustad Alla Rakha Khan.