SAN DIEGO - Pandit Ravi Shankar, the best known contemporary Indian musician, died Tuesday evening in San Diego, Calif. He was 92. The sitar star's website announced his death.
Indian Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar Dies At 92
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