Famed Indian actor Raj Kumar dies at 77

BANGALORE, India - Raj Kumar, a onetime child actor who became one of south India’s most beloved movie stars and later was kidnapped by a notorious bandit, died Wednesday at age 77.
Kumar died in a Bangalore hospital of cardiac arrest, Dr. Ramana Rao told the Press Trust of India news agency.
Kumar, whose name was also spelled Rajkumar, appeared in more than 200 Kannada-language films in five decades, with millions of fiercely devoted fans. While he largely gave up acting in the mid-1990s, he remained one of the region’s best-loved figures.