Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor dies

Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor dies (image courtesy: firstpost.com)

Bollywood superstar Rishi Kapoor passed away on Thursday.

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Rishi Kapoor was admitted to H N Reliance hospital on Wednesday where he breathed his last.

Rishi Kapoor, the actor

Kapoor was suffering from cancer and was admitted to the hospital after he developed breathing problems. He was undergoing treatment for cancer in the US and had returned to India in September 2019. In February, he was admitted to hospital twice. Kapoor’s death comes a day after Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan breathed his last.

Tributes pour in for Rishi Kapoor

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to announce Kapoor’s passing and grieve.

https://twitter.com/SrBachchan/status/1255709029336322048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Lyricist Prasoon Joshi too expressed his grief. https://twitter.com/prasoonjoshi_/status/1255713791909789697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/akshaykumar/status/1255714491515285505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Kapoor is survived by his wife Neetu Singh and two children, daughter Riddhima and son Ranbir, who is also an actor.

OpIndia Staff: Staff reporter at OpIndia