“He passed away at 11.20am. It’s a sad moment for us. We request you all (media) for privacy,” said the actor’s brother Pramod Khanna.
‘Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away at the age of 70 due to bladder cancer.’
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Born on October 6, 1946, in a Punjabi family to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna in Peshawar, Vinod studied commerce at Mumbai’s Sydenham College before moving into acting. Khanna was married to Geetanjali between 1971 and 1985 and has two sons with her, Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna.
He married Kavita with whom he has two children, Sakshi and Shraddha. Vinod Khanna appeared in 141 films between 1968 and 2013 and also forayed into politics by joining the BJP. He was Minister of State for Tourism and Culture in 2002.
Source: ANI
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