Vinod Khanna dies at 70, was suffering from bladder cancer

Millions of Indians had reacted with shock and sympathy after a photograph of a frail and haggard Khanna in the hospital was leaked on social media weeks ago.

Khanna, born in Peshawar in present-day Pakistan, was a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian from the Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab.
News of his death triggered an outpouring of grief from Bollywood actors and millions of fans on social media.