Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passes away

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passed away on Wednesday. He was 98. He was admitted to the Hinduja hospital on June 30. Kumar, known to generations of film-goers as ‘tragedy king’, had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Hinduja Hospital, a non-Covid-19 facility, since Tuesday.

A source told ETimes, “The doyen of Indian film industry Mr Dilip Kumar breathed his last today at 7. 30 am at Khar Hinduja hospital after a long and protracted illness. May God bless his soul in heaven.”

“With a heavy heart and profound grief, I announce the passing away of our beloved Dilip Saab, few minutes ago. We are from God and to Him we return,” family friend Faisal Farooqui posted from the actor’s Twitter handle.