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Ravi Shankar’s posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy accepted by Norah Jones

Ravi Shankar's posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award was accepted by his daughters at a pre-Grammy event in Los Angeles on Saturday (February 9). Anoushka Shankar, a gifted sitar-player herself, and award-winning singer Norah Jones, accepted the award on behalf of their late father at a ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in California.

Ravi Shankar dies aged 92

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitar maestro, has died in hospital in San Diego, aged 92. Shankar, who helped popularise Indian music in the 1960s, was described as "the godfather of world music" by his most famous student, George Harrison.

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