RIP Vinod Khanna: Twitterati remember Feroz Khan who died on same day

Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away today at the age of 70 in Mumbai after prolonged illness. Twitterati remember how Khanna's 'Qurbani' co-star Feroz Khan, too, died on this day in 2009

RIP Vinod Khanna: Twitterati remember Feroz Khan who died on same day

RIP Vinod Khanna: Twitterati remember Feroz Khan who died on same day in 2009

Feroz Khan and Vinod Khanna. Pic/Twitter

Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away today at the age of 70 in Mumbai after battling cancer. Twitterati remember how Khanna's 'Qurbani' co-star Feroz Khan, too, died on this day in 2009.

Some Twitter users also noted the eerie similarity between Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan's death. Feroz Khan had passed away of cancer too.

Here are some tweets:

2 close friends chose the same date to leave this world. #VinodKhanna passes away on the death anniversary of #FerozKhan. RIP both of uðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008fðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008f pic.twitter.com/apfIlpubRo
— Aarohi Shergil (@AarohiShergil) April 27, 2017

Strange Coincidence! India lost two of its coolest superstars Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan on the same day, April 27, My condolences.
— Rahul Rawat (@RahulRawat1998) April 27, 2017

RIP to Feroz Khan on death anniversary & RIP @VinodKhanna
Da pals died on da same date & sme month and same illness pic.twitter.com/8lU6Ru8oVT
— Milon Mukherjee (@milonmukh) April 27, 2017

RIP to Feroz Khan on death anniversary and RIP @VinodKhanna .Both friends died on the same date of same month ðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0099ÂÂu00c2u008f pic.twitter.com/TtmYwWfh21
— Mayur Bhatia (@Mayurbhatiajsm) April 27, 2017

RIP to Feroz Khan on death anniversary and RIP VinodKhanna. Both friends died on the same date of same month and same illness. pic.twitter.com/wKHkb10En3
— J P Singh. (@singhjph) April 27, 2017

Heartfelt Condolences to legendary ..#VinodKhanna ..
RIP to #FerozKhan on death anniversary.
Close friends died on the same date RIP pic.twitter.com/zf9VjBwvXl
— Capt Sudhir Dixit (@dixitsudhir12) April 27, 2017

RIP to Feroz Khan on death anniversary and RIP @Vinod Khanna .Both friends died on the same date and same illness...Om Shanti !!! pic.twitter.com/Ue20QczXvN
— devang desai (@hetdev) April 27, 2017

My Heartfelt Condolences.
RIP Legend ..#VinodKhanna ..era endsðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u009eRIP to #FerozKhan on death anniversary Both friends died on the same date RIP pic.twitter.com/mbKwhB603U
— Naseer Al Hassan (@naseer_world) April 27, 2017

Vinod Khanna passed away.
On the same day Feroz Khan paased away 8 years back.
Qurbani co-stars share same death date.
What a co-incidence.
— Arjun Sachchar (@ArjunSachchar) April 27, 2017

My Heartfelt Condolences.
RIP Legend ..#VinodKhanna ..era endsðÂÂu00c2u009fÂÂu00c2u0098ÂÂu00c2u009eRIP to #FerozKhan on death anniversary Both friends died on the same date RIP pic.twitter.com/As8v5BROcs
— Naseer Al Hassan (@naseer_world) April 27, 2017

9 years ago, on this date [27 April], Feroz Khan sahab passed away. Today, his #Qurbani and #Dayavan costar Vinod Khanna ji. Heartbreaking!
— Jigish Modi (@Jigish786) April 27, 2017

Vinod Khanna was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur in Punjab. He was into his fourth term as MP from the seat.

Starting his career with minor roles in 1969, the actor built up a hugely successful career.

He featured in some of the biggest Bollywood hits like "Mere Apne", "Insaaf", "Parvarish", "Muqaddar Ka Siqandar", "Qurbani", "Dayavaan", "Mera Gaon Mera Desh", "Chandni", "The Burning Train" and "Amar Akbar Anthony" among many others.

Khanna was first elected from Gurdaspur in 1998. He was re-elected in the 1999 and 2004 general elections. He lost narrowly in 2009 to Pratap Singh Bajwa (Congress).

Khanna avenged his defeat in 2014 by winning from Gurdaspur for the fourth time.

A Punjabi born in Peshawar (now in Pakistan), Khanna remained popular in the constituency despite accusations that he remained absent from the area most of the time.

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