Not just bladder cancer, Vinod Khanna also battled lung cancer, reveals wife: ‘He’d smoke 40 to 80 cigarettes a day’
Legendary actor and politician Vinod Khanna passed away in 2017 after battling bladder cancer. Now, his second wife Kavita Khanna has shared some lesser-known details about his cancer journey, revealing that he was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001 due to his heavy smoking habit. She also disclosed that after being diagnosed with bladder cancer, he was strictly advised to give up alcohol. Vinod Khanna died in 2017 at the age of 70. Vinod Khanna’s battle with cancer Vinod Khanna’s second wife, Kavita Khanna, looked back at her late husband’s battle with cancer in a video posted on her YouTube channel. “It was 2001 when Vinod had a diagnosis of lung cancer. He’d gone for his annual checkup, and they saw patches in the lungs. He’d smoke 40 to 80 cigarettes a day. We went to the leading MRI specialists of Mumbai, and they all said it was lung cancer,” said Kavita, mentioning that the doctors told them they would have to remove half of his lung. Kavita and Vinod Khanna chose to keep …
