Legendary classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passes away at 89, music fraternity mourns his loss

Lata Mangeshkar, AR Rahman and Vishal Dadlani offered their condolences.

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Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan passed away on Sunday afternoon at the age of 89 at his Mumbai residence. 

Ustad Khan's daughter-in-law Namrata Gupta Khan told PTI that the veteran breathed his last at 12.37 pm at his Bandra home. "Today morning he was fine. We had a 24-hour nurse at home. During his message, he vomited and I ran immediately his eyes were shut and he was breathing slowly. I tried connecting to doctors and when they came he had already died," Namrata told the media agency.

Khan had suffered a brain stroke in 2019 and the left side of his body was paralysed. Namrata said the family is saddened by his sudden death and also shared the news of Khan's demise on her Facebook page. "With a very heavy heart, I inform you all that my father-in-law the pillar of our family and a legend of our nation, Padma Vibhushan Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Sahab has left for his heavenly abode few mins ago," she posted on the social media platform.

Khan was the eldest son in a family of four brothers and three sisters, he was born on March 3, 1931, in Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, 

Khan got his basic classical music training from his father and later studied music under his cousin, Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan. He belonged to the  Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and was awarded the Padma Bhushan, Sangeet Natak Akademi and Padma Vibhushan. He came from a family of musicians. 

 

From Lata Mangeshkar to AR Rahman, the music industry offers condolences.

Personalities from the music industry took to Twitter to share Ustad’s demise news. 

Lata Mangeskhkar wrote, "Mujhe abhi abhi ye dukhad khabar mili hai ki mahan shastriya gayak Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan Saheb is duniya mein nahi rahe. Ye sunke mujhe bahut dukh hua. Wo gayak to acche the hee par insaaan bhi bahut acche the.”


AR Rahman wrote, "The sweetest teacher of all. May the Ghafoor-ur-Rahim give you a special place in the next world #UstadGhulamMustafa (sic)."

 

Sarod maestro and composer, Amjad Ali Khan tweeted that he was saddened by the passing away of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. See his tweet:

 

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The last rites will be performed with state honours at Santacruz (West) Kabrastan by 7:30 pm.



 


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