Legendary music composer Khayyam passes away

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Legendary Indian music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi, popularly known as Khayyam, died in a Mumbai hospital on Monday at the age of 92. He died after suffering from a lung ailment for which he had been hospitalised some days ago and is survived by his singer wife Jagjit Kaur.

Known for his music in films such as Kabhi Kabhie and Umrao Jaan, Khayyam started his music career at the age of 17. Amongst his long list of achievements was a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the Padma Bhushan, a National Award and numerous Filmfare Awards.

He was also known for his music in Bollywood films such as Trishul, Noorie and Shola Aur Shabnam.

Tributes poured in for the legendary composer from across all quarters:

India will remain grateful to Khayyam Sahab for giving us some of the most memorable compositions, which will be remembered forever. He will also be remembered for his humanitarian gestures to support upcoming artists. His demise is extremely saddening.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 19, 2019

Khayyam saheb the great music director has passed away . He has given many all time great song but to make him immortal only one was enough “ voh subah kabhi to aayehi “
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) August 19, 2019

Mahan sangeetkar Aur bahut nek dil insan Khayyam sahab aaj humare bich nahi rahe. Ye sunkar mujhe itna dukh hua hai jo main bayaa’n nahi kar sakti.Khayyam sahab ke saath sangeet ke ek yug ka anth hua hai.Main unko vinamra shraddhanjali arpan karti hun. pic.twitter.com/8d1iAM2BPd
— Lata Mangeshkar (@mangeshkarlata) August 19, 2019

The death of Khayyam sahab is the end of an era. We grew up with his soulful and heart touching songs. His melodious and memorable songs will remain forever in my heart as long as I breath❤
I pray for eternal peace of his soul. pic.twitter.com/Js56JKjSns
— Kiren Rijiju (@KirenRijiju) August 19, 2019

I’m extremely saddened to learn of the demise of our Legendary Music Composer Khayyam Sahib.
He is credited with some of the most iconic film soundtracks. Umrao Jaan, Kabhi Kabhi, Razia Sultana to name a few.
God bless his soul.🙏

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعون 🤲 pic.twitter.com/jp1OpDKJw8
— Adnan Sami (@AdnanSamiLive) August 19, 2019