Bollywood Star Irrfan Khan Dies at 53 From Colon Infection1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAcclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan died in Mumbai on 29 April at the age of 53, after being hospitalised for a colon infection.
He had been battling cancer since March 2018, when he was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour.
In a statement, a spokesperson said: “After having been struck by lightning in 2018 with the news of a rare cancer, he took life as it came and fought the many battles that came with it. Surrounded by his love, his family for whom he most cared about, he left for heaven, leaving behind truly a legacy of his own.”
Khan, who made his film debut in Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay (1988), worked predominantly in Hindi cinema. Nair and Khan went on to collaborate again in the critically-acclaimed The Namesake (2006) and New York, I Love You (2009).
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