By Patrick Frater
30.04.2020 - 08:05 / variety.com
By Patrick Frater
Asia Bureau Chief
Rishi Kapoor, one of India’s most loved film actors, best known for his romantic roles, has died. He was 67.
Kapoor was admitted to a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday. “He is suffering from cancer and he has some breathing problem, so he has been admitted to the hospital,” his brother Randhir told Indian media on Wednesday.
Kapoor died on Thursday morning, a day after the disappearance of another Indian star, Irrfan Khan.
Kapoor was first diagnosed with cancer
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Rishi Kapoor, beloved Bollywood star of the 1970's and 80's and scion of the famed Kapoor acting family, has died. He was 67.
Famed Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has passed away at the age of 67 on Thursday (April 29) at a hospital in India after a two-year battle with leukemia.
Fans are mourning the death of Rishi Kapoor. According to CNN, citing a family representative, the actor died in hospital on Thursday after a two-year battle with leukemia. He was 67 years old.
Rishi Kapoor, one of India’s most beloved film actors who was best known for his romantic roles, has died. He was 67.
Top Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, a scion of Bollywood’s famous Kapoor family, has died. Kapoor was 67 and had leukemia.
The actor, famed for his romantic roles, was part of the Kapoor acting dynasty
The loss of one of India's finest actors Irrfan Khan on Wednesday was not just mourned in India but by the film fraternity from across the world. Irrfan, who has quite a few Hollywood films to his credit, not just inspired actors back home but left an indelible impression on Indian American actors as well.