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Old 12th December 2012, 04:09 AM   #1
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Default Ravi Shankar dead at 92
Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar died on Wednesday morning IST in San Diego in the United States at the age of 92 years. Pandit Ravi Shankar was in the US with his family for a surgery.
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Sad, I liked a number of his albums as well as collaborations with Philip Glass.
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Another great leaves us.
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No worries. He still has many musical offsprings to continue the "prophecy" whether modern or old.
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Was a great influence on "The Beatles".
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Well, the daughter he leaves makes up for a lot!

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Was a great influence on "The Beatles".
On Coltrane too.
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The both of them.

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Somebody, who had a beautiful full life, now seems to leave us.

But he is with us eternally.
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The both of them.

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Indeed. I was referring to Nora Jones, although the other has performed with Ravi several times.

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