{"id":24204,"date":"2020-04-29T12:55:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24204"},"modified":"2020-04-29T12:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:55:35","slug":"india-bollywood-icon-actor-irrfan-khan-dead-at-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=24204","title":{"rendered":"India Bollywood Icon Actor Irrfan Khan Dead At 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"amp-o-paragraph--bold\">Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, renowned internationally for roles in the hit films Slumdog Millionaire and Jurassic World, has died at the age of 53.<\/p>\n<p>Khan, one of Bollywood&#8217;s most celebrated stars, rose to global fame with his roles in the Oscar-winning films\u00a0<i>Slumdog Millionaire<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>Life of Pi<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"amp-o-paragraph\">Khan was known for his nuanced and understated performances, with many calling him one of India&#8217;s most talented actors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"amp-o-paragraph\">He was so highly respected, director Wes Anderson once wrote him a part just so he could work with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"amp-o-paragraph\">In 2018, the actor revealed he had a neuroendocrine tumour, a rare cancer.<\/p>\n<p>India Prime Minister Narendra Modi described his death as &#8220;a loss to the world of cinema and theatre&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"amp-o-paragraph\">&#8220;He will be remembered for his versatile performances across different mediums. My thoughts are with his family, friends and admirers. May his soul rest in peace,&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, renowned internationally&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24204"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24205,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24204\/revisions\/24205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}