Singer Shahed Ali dies at 63
Photo: Singer Shahed Ali
Sheikh Shahed, a familiar face in Bangladesh’s band music scene, has passed away. He died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the capital shortly after 10:00 am on Friday. His death has cast a shadow of mourning over the country’s music industry.
Sheikh Shahed had been admitted to the hospital on October 24 with various health complications. He had been battling several serious conditions for a long time, including a stroke, hepatitis C and liver complications. Recently, he was also diagnosed with dengue fever.
As his condition deteriorated, he was placed on life support on Wednesday night. Despite the best efforts of doctors, he passed away on Friday morning.
According to the family’s decision, he will be buried at the family graveyard in Gopibagh in the capital.
Sheikh Shahed established his distinct position in Bangla band music from the 1990s. He was the founder of the band ‘Gachh’. The talented musician was also widely known in the music industry as ‘Rokzayana Shahed’.
His debut solo album, ‘Probhu’, was released in 1991. Over the course of his long musical career, he released a total of six albums.
Some of his popular and timeless songs include ‘Rokzayana’, ‘Upolobdhi’, ‘Classroom-e Boshe Shekha’, ‘Utpakhir Dim’, ‘Khola Chul’ and ‘Prem Ashbei’.
Due to his health conditions and various complications, the release of 24 new songs, which he had spent 11 years working on, ultimately remained on hold.
His new works were scheduled to be released on November 6 in four formats: CD, cassette and vinyl records. However, the songs could not be released due to his illness.
