M Humayun Kabir of DOT
Ayub Bachchu, legend singer,
composer and founder of rock band LRB, passed away at his Moghbazar residence in Dhaka yesterday morning. He was 56.
The rock star was found unconscious at his Moghbazar residence in the morning. Then, he was rushed to Square Hospital around 9:55am where doctors declared him dead, reports The Daily Star.
The first namaz-e-janaza of Ayub Bachchu will be held at Jatiya Eidgah Moidan in the city after Jummah prayer today, said his younger brother told the media at Square Hospital.
Then, he will be taken to the Central Shaheed Minar so that his fans and people from all strata of life can pay their last respects to the legend.
Bachchu will be buried at his family graveyard in Chittagong on Saturday.
His daughter will arrive in Dhaka at 1:00am on Saturday. His body will be kept in the hospital’s mortuary till then.
Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzmaan Noor have expressed deep shock at the death of rock star Ayub Bachchu.
From creating one of the most timeless soft-rock masterpieces, Cholo Bodley Jai, switching his guitar tone to overdrive for the heavy metal-esque Shahbagh Mor, or just simply capturing the masses with his pop venture Ek Akasher Tara Tui, Ayub managed to embed his own style in Bangladeshi music.
Bachchu was the son of Haji Mohammad Ishuque Chowdhury and late Nurjahan Parvin.
He grew up in the port city, in a joint family, surrounded by cousins, aunts and uncles.