Actor Juan Diego dies at age 79

Sad news that became known in the morning of next Thursday, April 28. Juan Diego Ruiz has passed away at the age of 79, after suffering from health problems for several years. This has been confirmed by family sources to the newspaper The country† The interpreter has been one of the most important faces of film and television in recent decades. Among his most notable roles were such titles asThe Holy Innocents, The Seventh Day, Dragon Rapide, Paris-Timbuktu, you’re the one one of both Paco’s men.

This was his last public appearance and it took place a few months ago, last December, when he went to the funeral home of Verónica Forqué, perhaps without imagining that now it would be time to fire him. The mourning has settled among his colleagues, those who shared the script with him and also those who didn’t. And it is that Juan Diego was one of the most charismatic actors. Therefore, his final farewell is expected to be massive and many familiar faces will parade through his burning chapel.

His death took place at the Zarzuela clinic in Madridwhere he died this morning. Juan Diego was born in the Sevillian city of Bormujos, in the year 1942, a city that now hosts one of his great weeks and that may have a memory of his figure. He was the eldest of three brothers. His childhood was linked to the countryside, but he had much more ambitious vocations and soon moved to Seville. It was the year 1957 when he first stepped on the stage and was one of his first roles in Seville waiting for godotby Samuel Beckett. His signing to TVE opened the doors of television wide for him and enabled him to acquire tables on the big screen.

The 1980s marked his definitive consolidation in the world of cinema, with his appearance in The Holy Innocents† In 1991 he won his first Goya for The Bewildered King† During those years, he would take a break from his film career, to try his luck in the theater, only to return in 1999 to play an anarchist who walked naked down the street in Paris Timbuktu† This role earned him his second Goya Award as Best Supporting Actor in the Male category. In total, he received 9 nominations during his career.

2005 is an important year for him as he joins the cast of Paco’s men, the successful fiction of Antena 3 where he shared a script with other great illustrious figures of Spanish interpretation such as Paco Tous, Pepón Nieto, Hugo Silva, Michelle Jenner or Adriana Ozores. In 2007 came the big milestone of his career: winning the Goya for Best Leading Actor for get away from me† That same year, Penélope Cruz also brought home a ‘bighead’ and on April 28, Alcobendas’s celebrates his birthday. His last years were more focused on a political profile that he started developing at a very young age. His last film intervention was in the movie in 2021 the coverof Secun de la Rosa.

The first reactions from colleagues are not long in coming. Asier Etxeandia† Anna Milan one of both Itziar Castro They posted their goodbyes on social media. Especially emotional was that of the actor from the Basque Country, who posted a black and white photo of the ill-fated interpreter and a beautiful message: “Every moment I spent with you, whether I’m working or partying, I wear it in my heart, as a privilege, Overflowing charisma, badass and lord, ACTOR IN ALL CAPS, you left us scenes and characters that are part of our DNA THANK YOU#juandiego Rest in peace, or turn the sky upside down, what you need.”

Juan Diego was an extremely jealous person in his private life. His desire was always to separate his work from his privacy. He was romantically associated with famous names such as: Shell Velasco and Ana Diosdado.