This afternoon, Tuesday, January 9, at the age of 55, the renowned music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan, a mainstay of the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and the classical singing world, passed away. Khan was receiving treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata for prostate cancer.
A representative from the hospital where Ustad Rashid Khan was undergoing treatment stated that the sickness ultimately took his life at about 3:45 PM, despite the medical team’s best efforts.
The classical vocalist has left behind two sons, a daughter, and his wife.