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Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain has been admitted to the ICU of a San Francisco hospital with heart-related problems and is in critical condition, reported PTI, quoting his family members.
His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said the 73-year-old musician, who has taken the tabla to the global stage, has been in the hospital for the last two weeks due to blood pressure issues.
"My brother is deeply ill at this time. We are asking all his fans around India and the world to pray for him. But as one of India's greatest ever exports, do not finish him off just yet," Zakir Hussain's sister Khurshid Aulia told news agency PTI amid multiple reports that her brother had died.
"I just want to request all the media not to follow wrong information about Zakir's passing. He is very much breathing at the moment. He is very, very critical, but he's still with us. He has not yet gone. So, I will request the media not to spread this rumour by writing or saying that he has passed away. I feel so bad watching all this misinformation on Facebook, which is very wrong," she added.
Earlier, Indian ministers, state chief ministers, and others posted on X, paying tributes to the tabla maestro amid death reports, though there was no official statement from Zakir Hussain's family.
Indian media ran stories on his passing away. Even the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting posted about the artist's death on X, only to delete it later.
The eldest son of legendary tabla player Allah Rakha, Hussain followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a marquee name in India and across the world. Hussain received five Grammy Awards in his career, including three at the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this year.
In his career spanning six decades, the musician worked with several renowned international and Indian artists, but it was his 1973 musical project with English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and percussionist TH 'Vikku' Vinayakram that brought together Indian classical music and elements of jazz in a fusion hitherto unknown.
The percussionist, one of India's most celebrated classical musicians, received the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.
His manager, Nirmala Bachani, said the 73-year-old musician, who has taken the tabla to the global stage, has been in the hospital for the last two weeks due to blood pressure issues.
"My brother is deeply ill at this time. We are asking all his fans around India and the world to pray for him. But as one of India's greatest ever exports, do not finish him off just yet," Zakir Hussain's sister Khurshid Aulia told news agency PTI amid multiple reports that her brother had died.
"I just want to request all the media not to follow wrong information about Zakir's passing. He is very much breathing at the moment. He is very, very critical, but he's still with us. He has not yet gone. So, I will request the media not to spread this rumour by writing or saying that he has passed away. I feel so bad watching all this misinformation on Facebook, which is very wrong," she added.
Earlier, Indian ministers, state chief ministers, and others posted on X, paying tributes to the tabla maestro amid death reports, though there was no official statement from Zakir Hussain's family.
Indian media ran stories on his passing away. Even the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting posted about the artist's death on X, only to delete it later.
The eldest son of legendary tabla player Allah Rakha, Hussain followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a marquee name in India and across the world. Hussain received five Grammy Awards in his career, including three at the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this year.
In his career spanning six decades, the musician worked with several renowned international and Indian artists, but it was his 1973 musical project with English guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and percussionist TH 'Vikku' Vinayakram that brought together Indian classical music and elements of jazz in a fusion hitherto unknown.
The percussionist, one of India's most celebrated classical musicians, received the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma Bhushan in 2002, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2023.