Here's a look at the late composer, who died on Sunday from complications arising from a chronic lung disease.

Considered a national treasure in his homeland, the percussionist transcended genres and brought classical Indian music to a global audience.

Indian tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died at a hospital in San Francisco on Sunday, his family said. He was 73. “Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s most transcendent musicians, passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in San Francisco at the age of 73,” the family said in a statement.

Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to a global audience, has died. He was 73.

Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73. (Dec. 16)

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Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.

Zakir Hussain, virtuoso of the tabla instrument and a towering figure in Indian classical music, died on Dec. 15 of chronic lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, at a hospital in San Francisco. He was 73.

Born in Mumbai in 1951, he began learning music at an early age from his father and great tabla player, Ustad Alla Rakha. Zakir is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola, and dau

Legendary Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain passed away at the age of 73 in San Francisco due to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. His family confirmed the news through an official statement on Monday, leaving the music world in mourning.