Dhaka, May 10 -- Legendary musicologist, singer, composer, researcher and writer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi has died at the age of 89.

He passed away at a hospital in Dhaka's Banani early on Saturday.

His eldest daughter, singer Samira Abbasi, announced his departure on her Facebook page with a picture of her father, saying: "So I won't get to see you ever again!"

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his contribution to music in 1995.

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