Veteran actor Vinod Khanna dies at 70, weeks after reports of cancer
Updated : April 27, 2017 04:31 PM IST
Vinod Khanna has died at 70. He was said to be suffering from cancer.
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70 pic.twitter.com/L2uynVdECH
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The veteran actor was hospitalised in April first week due to severe dehydration but was later said to be stable and responding positively to treatment.
Vinod, who was a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Lok Sabha from the Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab, was admitted to Sir H.N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre in Girgaon, Mumbai.
A photo of him with his son and wife went viral during his stay at the hospital. Khanna look extremely weak and frail in the photo which his many fans getting concerned for his health.
The actor, often called one of the most handsome men in the industry, featured in films like Mere Apne, Insaaf and Amar, Akbar, Anthony. He was last seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s Dilwale (2015).