Tall, handsome, suave, intense and swashbuckling actor Vinod Khanna, 70, who immortalised the role of Amar in iconic movie “Amar, Akbar, Antony”, is no more.
He died of an advanced bladder cancer at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital on Thursday. Khanna breathed his last at 11.20 am at the hospital where he had been admitted on March 31 ostensibly for treatment of “severe dehydration”.
Though the speculation had been that he was suffering from advanced cancer, the hospital had in a statement issued on behalf of the family said the actor was responding to the treatment positively and requested the well-wishers to respect the wishes of Khanna’s family members.
Khanna is survived by his wife Kavita Khanna, sons Rahul, Akshaye and Sakshi, and daughter Shraddha.
Vinod Khanna’s body was taken from the hospital to his little Gibbs Road residence at Malbar Hills in south Mumbai.