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Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan is dead
Wednesday June 13, 2012 02:17:34 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad:
Mehdi Hassan, the India-born Pakistani ghazal maestro, passed away
at a Karachi hospital Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was
84.
His son Arif told Geo News that his father died of breathing
complications at a private nursing home in Karachi.
The ghazal king had been discharged from hospital only last month.
He was back in hospital only a day later but was not put on a
ventilator.
"My father has been ill for the last 12 years but this year, his
condition has deteriorated significantly... in the last one
month," said Arif. "He was released from hospital for just one day
before being admitted again."
Hassan, who has a huge fan following all over the world, had been
suffering from lung, chest and urinary tract ailments for the past
many years.
Hassan leaves behind his nine sons and five daughters. He married
twice. Both his wives are dead.
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