Ziad Rahbani died at age 69 on Saturday, Lebanese newspaper L'Orient-Le Jour reported, citing a statement from the hospital where he was treated in Beirut. Lebanese Minister of Culture Dr. Ghassan Salameh said in a post on X that the music artist's health had been 'deteriorating' before his death.

Renowned Lebanese musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of music icon Fairuz and pioneer of Oriental jazz, died on Saturday aged 69 after revolutionising Lebanese theatre and music.Ziad Rahbani was the son of Arab musical icon Fairuz,

Lebanon's top singer Fairuz [Fayrouz] attends the funeral of her son, renowned musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, at Mhaidseh's Greek Orthodox Church of Dormition in Bikfaya, north east of Beirut. Rahbani,

The legendary Lebanese singer Fairouz was seen attending the funeral of her son on early Monday morning, 28 July, the renowned composer and playwright Ziad Rahbani, who passed away at the age of 69 on

Lebanon mourned musician and composer Ziad Rahbani, son of iconic singer Fairuz and a musical pioneer in his own right, who died on Saturday aged 69 after a decades-long career that revolutionised the country's artistic scene.

Ziad Rahbani, one of Lebanon’s most influential cultural voices and a fearless critic of political powers, has died at the age of 69. “On Saturday at 9:00 am (0600 GMT), the heart of the great artist and creator Ziad Rahbani stopped beating,” read a statement from the Beirut hospital where he had been undergoing treatment.

Ziad Rahbani, the Lebanese composer and musician who built a distinct Lebanese sound from Western and Arabic musical roots, and whose sardonic critique of the country's sectarian politics rang true to Lebanese across the divides,

A son of Lebanese musical icons, Mr. Rahbani became one himself, with satirical critiques of his country’s dysfunction that melded Arab and Western music.

Son of legendary Fairuz and composer Assi Rahbani, he was also a playwright, pianist and political provocateur.