Dilip Kumar passes away: Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal pay tribute to legendary actor

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passed away in the early morning on July 7th 2021 at the age of 98. The actor had been in and out of the hospital for the past few weeks before his death. Kumar is considered one of the greatest actors in the history of Hindi cinema and has given several critically acclaimed movies in his career. Prominent figures from various industries poured in their condolences post the veteran actors death. Bollywood actors Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal took to their social media handles to grieve the loss of Kumar.

Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal pay tribute to Dilip Kumar 

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar took to Twitter and penned down a note giving tribute to the late actor. Akshay in his tweet wrote that there were many heroes in the world, but for the actors, Dilip Kumar was 'The Hero'. He further wrote that the veteran actor took an entire era of Indian cinema with him. Akshay's tweet read:

To the world many others may be heroes. To us actors, he was The Hero. #DilipKumar Sir has taken an entire era of Indian cinema away with him. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Om Shanti

Paresh Rawal also took to his Twitter to express his grief over Dilip Kumar's death and wrote: "Alvida Yusuf Saab" (Goodbye, Yusuf Saab).

Dilip Kumar passes away

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 98. The Padma Vibhushan recipient had been facing multiple health issues for the past few weeks, being hospitalised numerous times for breathlessness and being treated upon for bilateral pleural effusion. The news was confirmed by Dr Jalil Parkar, the pulmonologist treating the actor at Mumbai's PD Hinduja Hospital.

Dr. Jalil Parkar issued a statement reading, "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". Soon after, his family confirmed the same

Dilip Kumar had been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Mumbai hospital, has shown improvement in his health, his wife Saira Banu said on Monday. The 98-year-old screen icon was admitted to suburban Khar-based Hinduja Hospital, a non-COVID-19 facility, last week to address age-related "medical issues" days after being discharged from the same hospital.  A tweet posted by Banu from the official Twitter account of Kumar on Monday asked his fans to pray for the actor so that he is discharged from the hospital "soon." 

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