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Kumar died at the age of 69 on 3 July 1996 from throat cancer. [66] [67] According to his son Puru Raaj Kumar in his interview to Farhana Farook, his father suffered from Hodgkins for which he had undergone chemotherapy. The last two years of his life were bad with the nodes recurring in the lungs and ribs.
Jul 3, 1996 · [8] peepingmoon.com • After Mother India's release, Raaj Kumar had gone for an evening drive along with his friend director Prakash Aurora and his wife when he had a fight with some anonymous men who had started heckling Kumar at a Paan shop. The fight was so intense that a person died, and Raaj Kumar was arrested.
- Kulbhushan Pandit [1] Independent
- Jaani [2] Hindustan Times
- His quintessential style of dialogue delivery
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Raaj Kumar died of Throat Cancer. Reportedly, he had been suffering from Hodgkin’s Disease for a long time. Ironically, he never supported the portrayal of death scenes in films.
- Raaj Kumar was born as Kulbhushan Nath Pandit.
- Before he became an actor, he was an IAS Sub-inspector in the Mumbai Police in the late 1940s.
- He once went to watch a film at Metro cinema. There, veteran filmmaker Sohrab Modi saw him and offered him a film. He refused the offer.
- Raaj Kumar turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangeeli.
Oct 8, 2021 · Raaj Kumar passed away at the age of 69. Yesteryear actor Raaj Kumar, known for his signature ‘Jaani’ on screen, was a huge star in the 1960s and continued to work until the 90s in films like Saudagar and Tirangaa.
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Jul 5, 1996 · Kulbushan Pandit (Raaj Kumar), actor: born Loralai, India (now Pakistan) 8 October 1933; married (two sons); died Bombay 3 July 1996.
Jul 3, 2019 · Jaani: Remembering Raaj Kumar, veteran actor and original style icon, on his 23rd death anniversary. Whether in a negative role or as an army officer, a prince or a pauper, charismatic Raaj...
