Dec 12 2012 8:02 AM EST 9,030
Ravi Shankar, Beatles Influence, Dead At 92
Sitar master introduced Indian music and instruments to the Western World and collaborated with late Beatle George Harrison.
World music superstar and Beatles inspiration Ravi Shankar has died at age 92. The master of the sitar and father of singer Norah Jones, Shankar was dubbed the "godfather of world music" by late Beatle George Harrison, who collaborated with Shankar for the legendary 1971 benefit Concert For Bangladesh.
According to reports, three-time Grammy winner Shankar died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in Encinitas, California following heart valve replacement surgery last week. In addition to Jones, Shankar was also the father of musician Anoushka Shankar, a Grammy-nominated sitar player and composer.
Born Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury in Varanasi, India, on April 7, 1920, Shankar (whose stage name means "sun") moved to Paris with his mother at age 10 to tour with his brother Uday's Indian dance troupe. Inspired by Indian classical music, he then moved back to his native country at age 13 and studied the sitar for seven years with his teacher, Allaudin Khan.in 2001.
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REPORTING OF THE CENTURY : ?! ?! ?!
The Photo is of Another RAVISHANKAR not the Great sitarist Ravi Shankar .
WHAT A PRESENTATION ! ! !
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