The morning of December 16 turned out to be a black day for India since we lost one of the most famous tabla players Ustad Zakir Hussain. Hussain sahab took his last breath in San Francisco on the morning of 16 December at the age of 73. After several speculations being made for the last 12 hours regarding his health, now his family confirmed this sad news.
Zakir Hussain
Let us tell you that he was suffering from a lung disease and was hospitalized for the last two weeks. Now after his demise, Zakir Hussain’s last social media post is going viral on the internet, in which he shared a wonderful moment with his fans. Zakir Hussain shared a video on October 29 from his winter evening walk. In the video shared by the late tabla player, suddenly the weather turned beautiful, winds had started blowing, and red and yellow leaves were swaying on the trees.
Zakir Hussain
Zakir Hussain was a renowned tabla player who made India proud at several international events and was awarded Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan. He performed his first concert in America at the age of just 11 and also won three Grammy Awards this year. If we talk about his social media following then let us tell you that Zakir has 297K followers on Instagram and was very active on social media and used to share posts related to his work and personal life.
Zakir Hussain
Late tabla player married his manager Antonia Minnecola and has two daughters. He has also acted in several films and has worked with Shashi Kapoor, but his father wanted him to focus on music because of which he had to leave the industry and continue his musical journey. Through his consistent efforts and practice he made all of us proud and his sudden demise is a major loss to all of us and the musical industry.