Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passed away this afternoon at 3.45 pm at a Kolkata hospital. The health condition of the musician, who has been undergoing treatment at a city hospital for prostate cancer, deteriorated after he suffered a cerebral attack last month and since then he has been on ventilation at the ICU and was on oxygen support.
Khan, who belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana, is the great-grandson of gharana founder Inayat Hussain Khan.
Khan is survived by his wife and children.