Jaime Garza Died: How Did Mexican Actor Die?

The news was released on social media.

Through social networks, it was announced that Jaime Garza, remembered for his role in the telenovela “Simplemente María”, died at 67 years of age.

According to information circulating in different media, the actor lost his life due to complications from diabetes, which he had suffered for years. It should be noted that, due to his illness, one leg had to be amputated.

Apparently, the actor died at his home in Mexico City surrounded by his family.

Who was Jaime Garza?

Jaime Garza, born on January 28, 1954, in Monterrey , participated in the telenovela ‘Simply María’, along with Victoria Ruffo , where he played Víctor Carreño .

Among the projects in which the actor took place are titles such as ‘Mañana es primavera’, ‘Playa prohibida’, ‘La caridad’, ‘Guadalupe’, ‘El cristal empañado’, ‘Vivir un poco’, ‘Mañana es para siempre’, among others.

The charisma, talent, and humility of Jaime Garza were the factors why he became one of the favorite actors of the public.

For her part, Verónica Castro lamented Garza’s death from her Instagram profile and shared a short clip of a scene taken from the soap opera in which she worked with the actor.

The death of a singer paralyzes the entertainment world

Through social networks, it was announced that Julio Verdugo, 23, was shot to death last Sunday around 3:30 a.m. near his home, in the Los Huizaches neighborhood, in Culiacán, Sinaloa .

The news paralyzed his followers, who sent messages of condolences to the family of the band singer .

According to information circulating in different media, Julio was driving his gold-colored Dodge Chrysler truck, with Sinaloa license plates, on Las Torres Boulevard and Solidaridad Avenue, when he was attacked.

It was reported that when the authorities arrived at the scene, the singer no longer had vital signs.

It should be noted that the victim was known for singing in the group called ‘Julio Verdugo y los 3 de Culiacán’ .

As expected, netizens began to speculate on the reasons why the singer could be shot, however, no additional information has been provided after his death.

Jaime Garza Dies
Jaime Garza /Photo

He recalled that the actor was complaining about the operation: “He told me: ‘I don’t know, they scraped me.’ I don’t know what it had to do with his veins. I think because of his own diabetes, he had that problem. And his leg He was about to lose his if they didn’t do that surgery. ”

Pelayo said that he had spoken with Ana Silvia Garza, Mariana Garza’s mother, and with Sebastián, Ana Silvia’s other son, who confirmed that the actor had died in the morning. “I didn’t even ask what time. I’m just waiting for them to tell me where they are going to watch him, which he imagined will be in the late evening, around 5 in the afternoon,” he added.

Rosita Pelayo said that the last time they spoke was last week and that on Thursday the 13th she intended to talk to him to see each other or “to see if he comes to the program, but hey.”

Jaime Francisco Garza Alardín was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, on January 28, 1954, he was the son of the journalist Ramiro Garza and the poet Carmen Alardín. He studied acting at the UNAM Theater Center and began his television career in the 1970s. The telenovela ‘Mi rival’, by Valentín Pimstein, was the first in which he appeared. In that story he acted alongside Lola Beltrán, Saby Kamalich and Enrique Álvarez Félix.

The peak of his career occurred when he starred in the telenovela ‘Simply María’ in 1989, along with Victoria Ruffo and Manuel Zavala. From then on, the actor strengthened his friendship with José Eduardo Derbez’s mother.

Jaime Garza Died
Jaime Garza Died /Photo

His career includes 26 melodramas, in addition to ten films and four plays. Among the soap operas in which he participated, stand out ‘The Eagle’s Flight’ (1994), ‘Love Song’ (1992), and ‘La Usurpadora’ (1998). After a constant appearance on television, after ‘Niña de mi corazón’, the actor moved away from the television. In 2014 he had a terrible motorcycle accident, for which he had to have his right leg amputated.

The actor, who suffered from diabetes, responded to those who speculated that this had been the cause of the amputation: “It was a motorcycle accident, that’s where the problem with the leg began, but it wasn’t exactly due to diabetes, no. They did show up later. some symptoms, but that is now under control ”, he explained to the Hoy program.

Three years after the accident, he returned to the small screen with ‘El Bien Amado, his latest telenovela. That same year he participated in the film ‘La charidad’.

Garza was the boyfriend of actress Viridiana Alatriste Pinal, who died in a road accident in Mexico City on October 25, 1982, and married actress Rosita Pelayo, who in 2019 assured that Jaime Garza’s alcoholism ended his marriage.

“RIP my dear friend, my eternal teacher of Simply Maria. Sadness in the heart! Good road Jaime Garza ”, wrote Victoria Ruffo from her Twitter account.

Amelia Warner writes all the Latest Articles. She mostly covers Entertainment topics, but at times loves to write about movie reviews as well.

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