Sitar Legend Ravi Shankar Dies

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Sitar legend and composer Ravi Shankar died Tuesday in California, NPR reported. He was 92. From NPR’s obituary

Shankar’s music reached out to some of the West’s finest musicians. Violinist Yehudi Menuhin and composer Philip Glass were friends and collaborators. One of today’s top pop stars, Grammy winner Norah Jones, is Shankar’s daughter. Another daughter, Anoushka, learned sitar from her father, and now takes his classical tradition and makes it more contemporary.

[Photo credit: Howard Denner/ZUMA Press/Newscom]

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