The
entire
nation
has
not
even
come
out
of
the
sudden
death
of
Irrfan
Khan
yet,
and
Bollywood
has
lost
another
gem
today,
Rishi
Kapoor.
The
actor
breathed
his
last
today.
He
is
survived
by
his
wife
Neetu
Kapoor
and
kids-
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Riddhima
Kapoor.
Last
night,
Rishi
Kapoor's
brother,
Randhir
Kapoor
had
confirmed
about
his
deteriorated
health
and
said,
"He
is
in
the
hospital.
He
is
suffering
from
cancer
and
he
has
some
breathing
problem,
so
he
has
been
admitted
to
the
hospital.
He
is
stable
now."
Rishi
Kapoor
के
निधन
की
खबर
पर
रो
पड़े
Amitabh
Bachchan
|
FilmiBeat
A
few
minutes
ago,
actor
Amitabh
Bachchan
confirmed
Rishi
Kapoor's
demise
with
a
heavy
heart
and
tweeted,
"T
3517
-
He's
GONE
..
!
Rishi
Kapoor
..
gone
..
just
passed
away
..
I
am
destroyed!"
Here's
the
official
statement
from
Rishi
Kapoor's
family..
"Our
dear
Rishi
Kapoor
passed
away
peacefully
at
8:45am
IST
in
hospital
today
after
a
two-year
battle
with
leukemia.
The
doctors
and
medical
staff
at
the
hospital
said
he
kept
them
entertained
to
the
last.
He
remained
jovial
and
determined
to
live
to
the
fullest
right
through
two
years
of
treatment
across
two
continents.
Family,
friends,
food
and
films
remained
his
focus
and
everyone
who
met
him
during
this
time
was
amazed
at
how
he
did
not
let
his
illness
get
the
better
of
him.
He
was
grateful
for
the
love
of
his
fans
that
poured
in
from
the
world
over.
In
his
passing,
they
would
all
understand
that
he
would
like
to
be
remembered
with
a
smile
and
not
with
tears.
In
this
hour
of
personal
loss,
we
also
recognise
the
world
is
going
through
a
very
difficult
and
troubled
time.
There
are
numerous
restrictions
around
movement
and
gathering
in
public.
We
would
like
to
request
all
his
fans
and
well-wishers
and
friends
of
the
family
to
please
respect
the
laws
that
are
in
force.
He
would
not
have
it
any
other
way."
Last
year,
the
actor
underwent
treatment
for
cancer
in
the
US
for
almost
a
year.
Not
so
long
ago,
when
he
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
again
in
Mumbai,
many
assumed
that
the
disease
has
returned.
However,
he
later
clarified
on
his
Twitter
page
that
he
was
down
with
a
viral
fever.
He
had
tweeted,
"Dear
family,
friends,
foes
and
followers.
I
have
been
overwhelmed
by
all
your
concern
about
my
health.
Thank
you.
I
have
been
filming
in
Delhi
past
18
days
and
because
of
the
pollution
and
my
low
count
of
neutrophils,
I
caught
an
infection
whereby
I
had
to
be
hospitalised."
He
further
wrote,
"I
was
running
a
slight
fever
and
on
investigation,
doctors
found
a
patch
which
could
have
led
to
pneumonia,
was
detected
and
is
being
cured."
It
is
indeed
a
sad
day
for
the
entire
film
industry.
May
his
soul
rest
in
peace.