In this Aug. 3, 1967 file photo, George Harrison, of the Beatles, left, sits cross-legged with his musical mentor, Ravi Shankar of India.

Ravi Shankar, the Grammy Award-winning Indian sitar musician and father of jazz-pop musician Norah Jones, has died..
Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music over an eight-decade career. Beatle George Harrison labeled him “the godfather of world music.”