Rashid Khan

Ustad Rashid Khan (1 July 1968 – 9 January 2024) was an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani tradition. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana and was the great-grandson of the gharana's founder Inayat Hussain Khan.

Early life Rashid Khan was born in Sahaswan, Badayun, Uttar Pradesh on 1 July 1968.

Illness and death Rashid Khan died on 9 January 2024, at a private hospital in Kolkata. He had been battling cancer for a long time. After being diagnosed with prostate cancer, Khan sought medical attention at the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital. He later chose to pursue exclusive treatment in Kolkata. Khan initially showed positive responses to the treatment.

But his condition got worse on 23 December 2023, and he was admitted to the hospital, where he was placed on a ventilator for oxygen support and died at the age of 55.

His obituary on BBC News website says: "But he was, undisputedly, the defining artist of his generation, someone who enjoyed a kind of commercial success and public adulation that was rare for a classical singer of his era. He commanded the biggest fee among his contemporaries and performed in packed auditoriums in his busiest years, he was doing 20 concerts a month. His untimely death has robbed India of one of its finest and most popular vocalists". Padma Bhushan (2022) Lokmat Sur Jyotsna National Music legends Award.