Bollywood loses another veteran star: Rishi Kapoor dies at 67



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Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died in Mumbai at the age of 67.

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Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died in Mumbai at the age of 67.

Bollywood took another hit with the passing of veteran actor Rishi Kapoor.

Kapoor, 67, passed away Thursday at HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai, his older brother Randhir Kapoor told Indian media.

Just yesterday, Bollywood was rocked by the death of veteran actor Irrfan Khan, who died after a battle with cancer.

Kapoor, from the Bollywood Kapoor dynasty, returned to India last September after undergoing cancer treatment in the United States for nearly a year.

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In February Kapoor, who started his film career as a child artist at Raj Kapoor’s father Mera Naam Joker, He was hospitalized twice.

He was married to actress Neetu Singh, and has two children, actor Ranbir Kapoor and daughter Riddhima Sahani.

The Kapoor family has been synonymous with Bollywood for many decades, beginning with their grandfather Prithvi Raj Kapoor, followed by their father Raj Kapoor, uncles Sashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor, Sashi kapoor, and brothers Rajeev Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor.

Son Ranbir Kapoor is also an actor.

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