Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar dies aged 92
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In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar performs at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. According to reports on Indian television channels on Dec 12, 2012, Ravi Shankar has died at 92 in San Diego, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) gestures while his daughter Anoushka Shankar looks on during a performance at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photograph taken on Feb 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sitars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this Aug 3, 1967, file photo, George Harrison of the Beatles (left) sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Feb 25, 2002 file photo, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AP
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In this Dec 19, 2002, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Kolkata, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. -- PHOTO: AP
In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar performs at the Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. According to reports on Indian television channels on Dec 12, 2012, Ravi Shankar has died at 92 in San Diego, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photograph taken on Feb 7, 2009, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) gestures while his daughter Anoushka Shankar looks on during a performance at The Dover Lane Music Conference in Kolkata. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photograph taken on Feb 25, 2004, Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar play sitars as they perform at a function to pay tribute to Beatle George Harrison on the anniversary of his birthday in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this Aug 3, 1967, file photo, George Harrison of the Beatles (left) sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India, in Los Angeles, as Harrison explains to newsmen that Shankar is teaching him to play the sitar. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Feb 25, 2002 file photo, sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (left) and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. -- PHOTO: AP
In this Dec 19, 2002, Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar (right) and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Kolkata, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. -- PHOTO: AP
MUMBAI - Ravi Shankar, the sitarist and composer described as the "godfather of world music" by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has died, Bloomberg reported. He was 92.
"It's with a very heavy heart that I confirm this sad news," his manager Earl Blackburn, said in an e-mail to Bloomberg.
The Hindu newspaper said Shankar died in San Diego on Tuesday. He was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after complaining of breathing difficulties.
