Music Maestro Bhupen Hazarika passed away.

Name: Bhupen Hazarika

Born: Sept. 8, 1926 in Sadiya (Assam)

Education:

* Intermediate in Arts from Cotton college, 1942
* B.A. from Banarash Hindu University, 1944
* M.A. in Political Science, 1946
* Ph.D from Columbia University, New York, 1952

Award:

* 23rd National Film Award (1975) - Best Regional Film ( Chameli Memsaab; Music by Hazarika)
* Padma Bhusham (2001)
* Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992)
* Asom Ratna (2009)
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2009)

Death:

* Hospitalized in the Kokilaben Dirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute Mumbai
*Admitted to the ICU on 30th June 2011
* Died of Multi-organ failure at 4:37pm IST on 5th Nov. 2011, aged 85.