Tom Alter Dies At 67

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Tom Alter Dies At 67

Padma Shri and Veteran actor Tom Alter has died at the age of 67.
Sep 30, 2017, 9:32 am ISTNewsJhakaasMovies Staff
Tom Alter
  Tom Alter

Hindi Film and TV actor Tom Alter passed away at the age of 67. Tom had been battling stage four skin cancer.
Alter acted in over 300 movies apart from numerous TV shows, most famously as the gangster Keshav Kalsi in the hit soap opera Junoon which ran for a record five years during the 1990s. He was also seen in TV shows like Zabaan Sambhalke.

He was the first person to interview Sachin Tendulkar for TV when the cricketer was yet to debut for India. Alter has written three books, one non-fiction and two fiction, and in 2008 was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri by the Indian government in recognition for his services to the field of arts and cinema.

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