( ) — The face of the actor Andrés García is one of those that is in the collective memory of many, since for decades the actor stood out as one of the leading men of Mexican soap operas seen by millions in various Latin American countries.
Andrés García was Mexican, although he was born in the Dominican Republic in 1941 when his parents had to leave the country due to Francoism. He also lived in Chile when he was a child, but Mexico would be the country that would welcome him from his adolescence, when his family settled there.
From his father, a veteran of the war in Spain, Andrés García would have inherited his courage, but also his sense of justice. And although he assured that he was not a bad person, he recognized that in moments of anger it was difficult for him to control himself. For this reason, before becoming an actor and walking around the recording studios, García toured different prisons in Mexico. Street fights used to be the reason for it.
His acting career
But his solid figure and great appeal made him an immediate lover of the professional projects that he represented for four decades. This was the case in his first film in 1967, “Chanoc”, and later, in the majority of almost a hundred productions in film, television and theater.
Between 1967 and 2010 he participated in at least 133 productions between soap operas, series and movies. In addition to productions of his own films in which he himself participated and which, according to him, were some of the most expensive in the history of Mexican cinema.
Even at almost 60 years old, he was still one of the leading men in history, as happened in the soap operas “El privilegio de amar” and later in “Mujeres engañadas”.
In his interviews he used to speak directly and very frankly. He said that there were three things that he couldn’t stand: injustice, abuse and stupidity.
Your health problems
For a long time, his health was a matter of public interest, like his prostate cancer and inflatable penile implant that he called “Bombita” and for which he was a spokesperson. In this way, García contributed to taboo issues such as erectile dysfunction becoming a topic of public conversation.
For ten years he was confined to a wheelchair before undergoing spinal surgery that further complicated his mobility. The multiple vertebrae he broke throughout his life he attributed to his rebellious past. Even so, he described himself as a man of great strength.
In the last days before his death, his wife, Margarita Portillo, said that García’s hemoglobin was very low, that his liver function was not stable and that the actor needed a blood transfusion.
García himself told the De Primera Mano program in July 2022 that he suffered from cirrhosis, that he had problems walking and that he had lost his immediate memory.
Through his official Instagram account, Portillo reported that he received a blood transfusion this Sunday, April 2, and upon returning home “his body was already very tired,” his wife wrote. The following day, García received extreme rites and on April 4 he passed away at around 3 pm, in his house, where he was accompanied by his loved ones.
— With information from ‘s Juan Carlos Arciniegas.
