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Vilayat Khan dead

MUMBAI, MARCH 14. Renowned sitarist and music director Ustad Vilayat Khan passed away here on Saturday. He was 76 and is survived by his wife, two sons, Shujaat Khan and Hidayat Khan, and two daughters.

Ustad Vilayat Khan, who occupies an important place in the world of classical instrumental music, had been ailing from cancer and cardiac problem. The end came at the Jaslok Hospital here late in the evening. Thousands of people visited the hospital to pay their last respects.

The last rites will take place in Kolkata where the family has its ancestral home. The maestro will be buried next to his father, the celebrated sitarist Inayat Khan.

UNI, PTI

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