Photos: Ravi Shankar Dead at 92
December 11, 2012
FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during the opening day of the Paleo Festival, in Nyon, Switzerland. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo, File)
Sitarist Ravi Shankar, right, in a 1967 file photo with Beatles guitarist George Harrison. Shankar died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. (John Malmin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
FILE - In this 1967 file photo, Ravi Shankar plays his sitar in Los Angeles. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - DECEMBER 11: Sitar player Ravi Shankar has died at 92. August 1972: Former Beatle George Harrison (1943 - 2001) with his wife, model Patti Boyd and sitar player Ravi Shankar (centre). (Photo by Roy Jones/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Mumbai, INDIA: Indian sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar (L) and his daughter Anoushka (R) at a live performance in Mumbai, 11 February 2006. Ravi Shankar performed together with tabla exponent Ustad Zakir Hussain and Anoushka. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, right, and daughter Anoushka Shankar smile during a press conference in Calcutta, India, in this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 photo. Shankar, the father of Norah Jones said that it was a joy seeing Norah get so many Grammy Awards Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)
Sitar legend, composer, teacher and writer, Ravi Shankar (L) walks hand in hand with his daughter Anoushka (R) after receiving the University of Melbourne's highest honour, the degree of Doctor of Laws, at a special conferring ceremony in Melbourne on March 19, 2010. The honorary degree of Doctors of Laws is awarded by the university to recognise people who are distinguished by eminent public service or outstanding cultural achievement. Other recipients include the Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, Mary Robinson and Germaine Greer. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
FILE - DECEMBER 11: Sitar player Ravi Shankar has died at 92. LAS VEGAS - JUNE 30: Indian musician Ravi Shankar (L) and his wife Sukanya arrive at the gala premiere of "The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil" at the Mirage Hotel & Casino June 30, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show is a joint artistic venture between The Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd., and Cirque du Soleil. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2002 file photo, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, left, and his daughter Anoushka Shankar laugh during the shooting of a film endorsing the strengthening of Indian laws against animal cruelty in New Delhi. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP photo/Gurinder Osan, File)
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs during his concert at the Vienna State Opera House in conjunction with the Jazz Festival Vienna in this July 2, 2005 file photo. Sitarist and composer Shankar has died in San Diego, media reports said on December 12, 2012. Shankar, 92, a three-time Grammy winner with legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop festival and Woodstock, was admitted to hospital last week after he complained of breathlessness, the Hindu reported. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer/Files
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician and sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, performs during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012. He was 92. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
Sitarist Ravi Shankar in a file image from March 2012 at his home in Encinitas, California. Shankar died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. (Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Sitarist Ravi Shankar, then 91, at a recital in Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, on September 29, 2011. Shankar died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. (Lawrence K. Ho/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Ravi Shankar, 78, poses at his home in New Delhi, India in front of a 1969 portrait of himself in this March 6, 1998 photo. Shankar, it was announced Saturday Jan. 30, 1999, will be awarded with India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata in this February 7, 2009 file photo. Sitarist and composer Shankar has died in San Diego, media reports said on December 12, 2012. Shankar, 92, a three-time Grammy winner with legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop festival and Woodstock, was admitted to hospital last week after he complained of breathlessness, the Hindu reported. REUTERS/Jayanta Shaw/Files
Sitarist Ravi Shankar in a file image from June 6, 2011 in London died on December 11, 2012, at age 92 in San Diego, California. (Felix Clay/eyevine/Zuma Press/MCT)
Students and teachers pay tribute to legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at the Bengali Tola Inter College where Shankar had studied in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died Tuesday in San Diego at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Indians pay their respects next to a portrait of legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar placed under a tree as part of a makeshift memorial at his music center, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died Tuesday in San Diego at the age of 92. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Indians talk near the photograph of legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at his music center, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died Tuesday in San Diego at the age of 92. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup)
Indian students light candles to pay tribute to legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at the Bengali Tola Inter College where Shankar had studied in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died Tuesday in San Diego at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
A student pays tribute to legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar at the Bengali Tola Inter College, where Shankar had studied in Varanasi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Shankar, who is credited with connecting the world to Indian music, died Tuesday in San Diego at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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