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" Shah Rukh Khan has shared his memories of ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan, who died earlier this week. The famed singer passed away at a Karachi hospital on Wednesday (June 13) at the age of 84, as a result of multiple organ failure following a prolonged illness.   Khan recalled memories of the singer&amp;#039;s music in a post on Twitter, writing: &amp;quot;Memories of my mom cooking in a grimy kitchen as it rained outside, while Mehdi Hassan floated out of a Beltek 2 in 1.&amp;quot; Amitabh Bachchan also mourned Hassan&amp;#039;s death, saying that an era of &amp;quot;soulful ghazal singing&amp;quot; had come to an end. &amp;quot;Deeply pained to learn of the passing away of Mehdi Hassan in Pakistan... a vocalist of immense fame and unique sonorous voice,&amp;quot; Bachchan tweeted. &amp;quot;Mehdi Hassan, an entire era of soulful ghazal singing gone... now left with beautiful memories and personal meetings with him,&amp;quot; he added.  Singer and actor Ali Zafar tweeted: &amp;quot;Mehdi Hassan moves on and lives forever. Leaving us with a legacy of music, magic, memories and so much more than words can describe.&amp;quot; He also wrote that he would like to see &amp;quot;an institution [in] his name to continue his legacy through young/aspiring and established singers/musicians&amp;quot;. Hassan&amp;#039;s funeral will take place in Karachi today (Friday, June 15). "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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