Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain passed away on Monday morning at a San Francisco hospital due to complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain died on Monday in a San Francisco hospital. He was 73. Mr Hussain died of complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare and progressive lung condition,

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, the condition that led to the death of tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, is an extremely debilitating disease -- a virtual death sentence. The only definitive cure is lung transplant and that too if done at the right time.