On January 27, 2017 he was emergency hospitalized in a clinic, located in
Altamira, due to a respiratory complication. The actor underwent a biopsy in June 2016 to detect a possible lung cancer; But at that time the result was negative. He died on the night of Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the home of his "brother for life" Omar Meléndez, as he suffered from a complicated respiratory illness having battled
histoplasmosis for several months. == Filmography ==