People's Artist, Vietnam's voice maestro Nguyen Trung Kien.

Deputy head of the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, Pham The Thach said the doctors had tried their best to prolong his life, but his health complications caused a kidney failure. 

His only son Quoc Trung, a music producer known across the country and abroad announced on his Facebook account, which reads, "Thank you for bringing me to this life. Your wish to make your granddaughter happy in a marriage has been accomplished, so you can be free to start your new journey.

"You had a beautiful life that I'm proud to be a part of. May be somewhere some other time, I wish we shall meet again so that I can call you Dad one more time! Good bye, Daddy!"

Full profile of the maestro, his career and his legacy in training young artists shall be updated by Vietnam News soon. VNS

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