Punjab Speaker's Vinod Khanna obituary names Rajesh Khanna
Condoling the death of veteran actor Vinod Khanna, a press release from the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker named actor Rajesh Khanna in its opening line. Though the headline did mention Vinod Khanna, the error was made in the introduction. While Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday, Rajesh Khanna had died in 2012.
In an embarrassing gaffe for the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker, a press release condoling Vinod Khanna's death on Thursday, named Rajesh Khanna in its opening line instead.The mistake was pointed out on Twitter by journalist Man Aman Chhina, who shared a screenshot of the press release saying, "Punjab PR department copy pastes press release of Rajesh Khanna for Vinod Khanna. Changes heading but forgets to change text."Chhina's assumption that it was a copy-paste job could be legit, considering Rajesh Khanna was a Member of Parliament as well.Veteran actor Vinod Khanna, who was suffering from cancer, passed away on Thursday morning at Mumbai's HN Reliance Hospital.The 70-year-old was hospitalised due to "severe dehydration" on March 31. After a photo of the actor looking a frail shadow of his former self went viral, it sparked rumours of a cancer scare, and it was being said that he is suffering from bladder cancer.The actor is survived by wife Kavita Khanna and his four children, Rahul Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, Sakshi Khanna and Shraddha Khanna.Read: Vinod Khanna-Sanjay Dutt's emotional father-son story will make you teary-eyed