Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73

Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said.

Hussain died due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, according to his family. He was 73.

He had been hospitalized for the last two weeks and was later taken to the ICU as his condition deteriorated.

Hussain has received four Grammy Awards in his career, including three at the 66th Grammy Awards earlier this year.