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The music world has sadly lost one of its greats.

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar maestro who gained worldwide fame for his collaborations with The Beatles, as well as being the father of Norah Jones, passed away last week after he was admitted to Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego and failed to fully recover from surgery.

He was 92.

His wife, Sukanya, and his other daughter, Anoushka, said in a statement:

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