Boing Boing » ravi shankar http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 20:17:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, 1920-2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/legendary-sitarist-ravi-shanka.html http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/legendary-sitarist-ravi-shanka.html#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:11:55 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=199906 Susan Stamberg writes:
Sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in the San Diego area. Shankar's foundation released a statement that says the musician had suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues over the past year and underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last week. He was 92.

UPDATE from Xeni: Ravi Shankar, RIP: A performance on the Dick Cavett Show, and a reporter's recollections of a visit with Raviji ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/12/legendary-sitarist-ravi-shanka.html/feed 1