Sitar wadak imranKhan died in the US He was 83 years old. He gave international fame to Sitar and Surbahar This information was given by his family on Friday.

Khan breathed his last in a hospital in St. Louis on Thursday. He had been sick for some time and he was admitted to the hospital last week. He lived in St. Louis for the past two decades.

Khan's mournful nephew, Hidatay Hussain Khan, while confirming his demise, said, "Damage from his demise cannot be described in words. May Allah reward their life. "His funeral will be performed on Saturday.

He belonged to the Etawah family, whose history of tradition begins from the 16th century, where for four hundred years the son has had the tradition of teaching the son of music to music.

His son Nishat Khan said Imrat Khan breathed his last yesterday in a hospital in St Louis, his home for over two decades, after a stroke. He said the funeral will take place tomorrow.

Imran Khan famously turned down the Padma Shri last year saying the recognition was too late and diminished his achievements.

Imran Khan toured the world with his music and performed at the Cannes Film Festival in 1970 for a Merchant-Ivory partnership. He was also a regular at various festivals in India.