{"id":307303,"date":"2025-11-12T23:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=307303"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:23:47","slug":"media-misreport-bollywood-actor-dharmendra-hasnt-passed-away-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreport-bollywood-actor-dharmendra-hasnt-passed-away-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Media outlets prematurely publish obituaries on ailing actor Dharmendra"},"content":{"rendered":"

After iconic Bollywood actor Dharmendra was hospitalised on November 11, several major media outlets published obituaries and reported that the legend was no more. Several journalists, celebrities and social media users also rushed to express condolences on social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Among the channels that posted about Dharmendra’s death was India Today. The outlet said his team allegedly confirmed the news, but later deleted their X post. (<\/span>Archive<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hindi news channel Aaj Tak, part of the India Today group, claimed that the actor died at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai. Aaj Tak later deleted the post. (<\/span>Archive<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Similarly, ABP News also posted that the actor died at the age of 89 and later deleted it. (<\/span>Archive<\/span><\/a>)
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Apart from these, Zee Business, Business Standard, ABP English, Outlook and Hindustan Times also published similar reports on the actor’s death. However, these outlets later updated the reports; some turned them into ‘health updates’. News agency UNI<\/a> ran a story on this in its Hindi edition, Univarta. <\/span>Besides news outlets, journalist Chitra Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and renowned lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar also shared condolences on X.<\/span><\/p>\n