Rashid Khan passes away: Veteran music emperor Ustad Rashid Khan has passed away. He breathed his last at the age of 55. Ustad Rashid Khan was suffering from prostate cancer, he was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata for treatment. He was on ventilator and oxygen support.
An official of the hospital where Ustad Rashid Khan was undergoing treatment said that we tried a lot, but failed. He died at around 3:45 pm.
Rashid Khan was the nephew of Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan. He was born in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. He took his initial training from Nana Ustad Nisar Hussain Khan (1909-1993). Rashid Khan was a singer of Ustad Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana. He gave his first stage performance at the age of 11.