Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease characterised by the thickening and scarring of lung tissue, which makes it difficult to breathe.
Ustad Zakir Hussain earned seven Grammy Award nominations, winning four. He was also awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, Padma Bhushan in 2002, and Padma Vibhushan in 2023.
Ustad Zakir Hussain had been battling complications related to a chronic lung disease, and on Monday at a hospital in San Francisco, he took his last breath.
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