Indian actor Irrfan Khan, whose international movie career included hits such as Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, Jurassic Park and The Amazing Spider-Man, has died of cancer at the age 53.
Khan, who was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour in 2018, died on Wednesday after he was admitted in a Mumbai hospital for colon infection. He was 53.
His death was confirmed by a spokesman. Mr. Khan had cancer and was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai for a colon infection last week, the spokesman said.
Mr. Khan started his career playing small roles on Indian television in the 1980s. He later found critical and commercial success with roles in Hollywood movies like “The Namesake,” Mira Nair’s 2006 drama based on a Jhumpa Lahiri novel about Indian immigrants in America, and two films that won multiple Oscars: Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008), which won the best picture award, and Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” (2012).
His mother had just pass away four days ago.
