Kader Khan
Appearance
Kader Khan | |
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Born | |
Died | 31 December 2018 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Ismail Yusuf College |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1971–2017 |
Spouse | Azra Khan |
Children | 3 (including Sarfaraz Khan) |
Honours | Padma Shri (2019; posthumously) |
Kader Khan (11 December 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Afghan-born Indian-Canadian Actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 films after his debut movie in the 1973 movie Daag: A Poem of Love in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney.[1]
Khan was a Muslim and completed a pilgrimage to Mecca called Hajj in 2014.[2]
Khan died from complications of progressive supranuclear palsy at a hospital in Toronto, Ontario on 31 December 2018 at the age of 81.[3][4]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "An interview with Kader Khan in Pune". February 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
- ↑ "Kader Khan in Makkah for Haj". Arab News. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Actor Kader Khan passes away". January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Kader Khan, Veteran Actor, Dies At 81 After Long Illness". January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2018 deaths
- Afghan writers
- Canadian comedians
- Canadian movie actors
- Canadian movie directors
- Canadian Muslims
- Canadian screenwriters
- Canadian television actors
- Canadian voice actors
- Deaths from progressive supranuclear palsy
- Disease-related deaths in Canada
- Indian comedians
- Indian actors
- Indian writers
- Indian movie directors
- People from Kabul