KARACHI, Pakistan (Wed, Jun 13) – Renowned ghazal
singer of subcontinents Mehdi Hassan, also known as the Shahanshah-e-Ghazal
(King of Ghazal), died today at 84. He has been under treatment for quite some
time in a private hospital in Karachi and was suffering from lung, chest and
urinary tract diseases.
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| Ghazal Legend Mehdi Hassan passes away |
Mehdi Hassan's son Arif Hassan confirmed the news
and added, "My father has been ill for the last 12 years but this year,
his condition has deteriorated significantly and in the last one month, he was
released from hospital for just one day before being admitted again."
Mehdi Hassan ruled the Pakistani music industry
for years. He received a number of awards and honors, including Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
(Pride of Performance) and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government
of Pakistan, Gorkha Dakshina Bahu by the Government of Nepal and the Saigal
Award from India.
Mehdi Hassan was born into a family of
traditional musicians at Luna village, Rajasthan, in 1927 before his family
migrated to Pakistan after 1947. He was the 18th generation of a family of
musicians hailing from the Kalawant clan.
He had very difficult times in the beginning of
his career but he kept on practice passionately and blossomed to international
fame once got chance on Pakistan Radio
During 1980s Hassan gradually stopped playback
singing and live performances due to a severe illness. Considered one of the most successful ghazal singers of Pakistan,
Mehdi Hasasn was trained in classical music by his father Ustad Azeem
Khan and his uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were both well respected
classical musicians.
Hassan tried different styles of music and
there was a time in Pakistan's film industry known as Lollywood when a
production was considered incomplete without his voice.
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