Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani devotional singer who had
worked with such Western musicians as Eddie Vedder, Peter Gabriel
and progressive guitarist and producer Michael Brook, died Saturday
at age 48. After traveling to London from his native Pakistan for
treatment for liver and kidney problems, Khan was rushed from the
airport to Cromwell Hospital, where he suffered a fatal heart
attack.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the shahenshah of qawwali, is dead. His legend, however, will live on.

AMIT BARUAH
in Islamabad
R. PADMANABHAN
in Mumbai

NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN returned the qawwali to the world. He made it popular again not just in Pakistan and India, the home of the traditional qawwali, but in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan and other countries. He performed in over 40 countries and recorded more than 150 albums and sold millions of copies worldwide.