Famed sitar master Ravi Shankar - renowned for popularising Indian music around the globe - has died.<br/> <br />The three-time Grammy winner was 92 years old, and had been in fragile health for several years.<br/> <br />He was admitted to hospital last week after complaining of breathlessness.<br/> <br />He underwent surgery last Thursday, but was unable to recover.<br/> <br />The night before his surgery he was nominated for a Grammy for his last album "The Living Room Sessions, Part 1".<br/> <br />Shankar is widely credited with bringing traditional Indian music to the rest of the world through his work with violinist Yehudi Menuhin as well the Beatles in the late 1960s.<br/> <br />He skyrocketed to global stardom after legendary appearances at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock in 1969.<br/> <br />He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.<br/> <br />Ravi Shankar lived in both India and the United States.<br/> <br />He is survived by daughters Norah Jones, who is also a multi-Grammy-winning performer - and Anoushka Shankar, an accomplished sitar player and composer.
