Overview
- His daughter, Patricia Romero Figueroa, announced his death on Tuesday, Sept. 23, saying, “Con mucha tristeza tengo que compartir con ustedes que mi magnífico padre nos ha dejado.”
- The family set a public velatorio for Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Peru’s Ministry of Culture headquarters in San Borja.
- Relatives said he died after a long illness, and no specific medical diagnosis has been made public.
- The Ministry of Culture mourned his passing, calling him a “referente para generaciones,” and noted his designation as a Personalidad Meritoria de la Cultura and recent Lima Film Festival homage.
- Over more than six decades he became a pillar of Peruvian stage, TV and film with titles including Simplemente María, No se lo digas a nadie and El bien esquivo; in recent years he faced health issues after a 2023 spinal injury, and some outlets reported he had been hospitalized at Edgardo Rebagliati before his death.