{"id":117866,"date":"2024-08-12T16:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/angel-salazar-scarface-actor-comedian-dies-at-68\/"},"modified":"2024-08-12T16:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T16:37:21","slug":"angel-salazar-scarface-actor-comedian-dies-at-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/12\/angel-salazar-scarface-actor-comedian-dies-at-68\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1ngel Salazar, \u2018Scarface\u2019 Actor &#038; Comedian, Dies at 68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/angel-salazar\/\" title=\"Angel Salazar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u00c1ngel Salazar<\/strong><\/a> has sadly passed away.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Scarface<\/em> and <em>Carlito\u2019s Way<\/em> actor and comedian died at the age of 68, his rep confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/angel-salazar-dead-at-68-scarface-actor-carlitos-way-8693840\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/people.com\/angel-salazar-dead-at-68-scarface-actor-carlitos-way-8693840&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c1ngel<\/strong> died on Sunday (August 11), and a cause of death has not been declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2044865\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The actor, who had an enlarged heart, went to take a shower at a friend\u2019s home in Brooklyn, where he was found in the bathroom, according to the rep.<\/p>\n<p>He made his big-screen debut in <em>Boulevard Nights<\/em> and <em>Walk Proud<\/em>, before starring as Chi-Chi, a henchman of Tony Montana, in 1983\u2032s classic <em>Scarface<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He also starred in <em>Punchline<\/em> and 1993\u2032s <em>Carlito\u2019s Way<\/em>, apart from being an accomplished comedian in his own right.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in the 2006 documentary <em>The Latin Legends of Comedy<\/em>, as well as on <em>Last Comic Standing<\/em> and in various other comedy specials and series, including <em>In Living Color<\/em> and <em>On Our Own<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>His final film project was 2023\u2032s <em>The Gilbert Diaries: The Movie<\/em>, although he had more than a dozen projects listed as upcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with <strong>\u00c1ngel Salazar<\/strong>\u2018s loved ones at this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/08\/12\/angel-salazar-scarface-actor-comedian-dies-at-68\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1ngel Salazar has sadly passed away. The Scarface and Carlito\u2019s Way actor and comedian died at the age of 68, his rep confirmed to People. \u00c1ngel died on Sunday (August 11), and a cause of death has not been declared. Keep reading to find out more\u2026 The actor, who had an enlarged heart, went to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-117866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}