Angel Salazar in Scarface / Photo. Courtesy
NEW YORK.- The Cuban-American actor Angel Salazar, who played the role of ‘Chi Chi’ in the cult film ‘Scarface’ (1983), died at the age of 68, her representatives informed the media on Monday.
The comedian died Sunday at a friend’s apartment in New York. The cause of death is still unknown, but he was suffering from heart problems, his representative, Roger Paul, told The New York Times.
Salazar, born in Cuba, He became famous after playing ‘Chi Chi’the henchman of ‘Scarface’ protagonist Tony Montana (Al Pacino), but his film career includes other well-known titles such as ‘Punchline’ (1988) and ‘Carlito’s Way’ (1993).
The actor Born in 1956 in Cubafrom which he fled in the early 1970s by swimming across Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. naval base, was sent to Miami and then to a foster home in the Bronx, New York, the Times reports.
At 18, and faced with difficulties finding work as an actor, he tried his luck at a comedy club in the Big Apple and thus began a successful career as a comedian to which many today also dedicate tributes.
Comedian Adam Hunter indicated on X that he worked with him a few months ago and called him «legend of comedy»while musician Tito Puente Jr. told him: «From Scarface to Carlito’s way your characters and comedy will always be missed«.
EFE
