title: Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
text: Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (February 15, 1927 – January 4, 2017) was an Indian sitar player and composer. Khan was born in Madhya Pradesh, India. He won the national awards Padma Shri (1970) and Padma Bhushan (2006) and was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1987. He composed musical movie scores for Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), Kohinoor (1960) and Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje (1971).
  
  Khan died on January 4, 2017 at his home in Mumbai, India from cardiac arrest, aged 89.
  
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  1927 births
  2017 deaths
  Deaths from cardiac arrest
  Indian musicians
  Indian composers