Neetu Kapoor thanks doctors and medical staff who treated Rishi
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Late legendary actor Rishi Kapoor's wife Neetu Kapoor on Monday took to Instagram to thank the doctors and other medical staff of Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, where he underwent treatment for leukemia. Neetu said that she and her family feel "immense gratitude" towards the team of doctors and nurses "who treated my husband like he was their own". Here is more on this.
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I thank them from the bottom of my heart: Neetu
Posting two pictures of her husband, Neetu wrote on Instagram, "As a family we have a deep sense of loss.. When we sit together and look back at the past few months what we also feel is immense gratitude - gratitude towards the doctors at HN reliance hospital! (sic)" "I thank them from the bottom of my heart," she added.
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Rishi Kapoor's ashes were immersed last evening
Bollywood's beloved "Chintu ji", Rishi Kapoor, breathed his last on April 30, after battling leukemia for two years. He was 67 years old. His last rites were held later that day at Mumbai's Chandanwadi Crematorium. The Kapoor family then organized a close-knit prayer meet for the late actor at their Mumbai home. Rishi Kapoor's ashes were immersed at the city's Banganga Tank last evening.
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Rishi's daughter Riddhima also reached Mumbai
Rishi's daughter, Riddhima Kapoor, who could not attend the funeral, has now arrived in Mumbai to be with her family. She had seen the last rites through a video call. Riddhima, who resides in Delhi with her husband, Bharat Sahni, and daughter Samara, could not fly down to Mumbai because of the ongoing lockdown. She then took an 18-hour-long road journey to reach Mumbai.
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Kapoor family issued a statement after Rishi's demise
The Kapoor family's statement read, "He (Rishi) remained jovial and determined to live to the fullest right through two years of treatment across two continents...everyone who met him during this time was amazed at how he didn't let his illness get the better of him."