Another musical legend is gone...

Ravi Shankar, the man who brought Indian classical music to a world stage, died yesterday at the age of 92. He was the leading player of the sitar, a long-necked lute, and was an inspiration to the Beatles in their explorations of South Asian sounds. Shankar was easily one of the most famous musicians on the planet, and over the years he collaborated with John Coltrane, Yehudi Menuhin, and Jean Pierre Rampal, performing everywhere from the Monterey Pop Festival to concert stages throughout America and Europe. His children include jazz-pop singer Norah Jones and sitarist Anoushka Shankar. He leaves behind an incredible legacy of recordings, film scores, and proteges. Here he is performing at Monterey in 1967:

Elliott Carter, Dave Brubeck, and now Ravi Shankar--three musicians who were all active into their 90s (Carter into his 100s!) and were highly influential in the musical world. That's a tough stretch of losses.