Indian drum maestro Zakir Hussain dies at 73

Musician was widely viewed as the greatest tabla player of his generation

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Zakir Hussain performs at the "Living Dream Concert" in New Delhi in early 2009. © AP

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Zakir Hussain, one of India's most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.

The Indian classical music icon died from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.

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