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Music Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan Dies At 55

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, who was undergoing treatment at a Kolkata-based hospital for prostate cancer, died on Tuesday afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said.

He was 55.

“We tried our best but failed. He passed away at around 3:45 PM,” an official of the private hospital where Khan was admitted said, NDTV reported.

The chief minister who visited the hospital said, “This is a great loss for the entire country and the entire music fraternity. I am in a lot of pain as I still can’t believe that Rashid Khan is no more.”

OB Bureau

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