Kader Khan

Kader Khan (11 December 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Afghan-born Indian-Canadian Actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 films after his debut movie in the 1973 movie Daag: A Poem of Love in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney.^[1]

Kader Khan
Khan in 2013
Born	(1937-10-22)22 October 1937 Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	31 December 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 81) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Ismail Yusuf College
Occupations	Film actor screenwriter comedian film director
Years active	1971–2017
Spouse	Azra Khan
Children	3 (including Sarfaraz Khan)
Honours	Padma Shri (2019; posthumously)

Khan was a Muslim and completed a pilgrimage to Mecca called Hajj in 2014.^[2]

Khan died from complications of progressive supranuclear palsy at a hospital in Mississauga, Ontario on 31 December 2018 at the age of 81.^[3][4]