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Adrián García (actor)
Victor Adrian Garcia Roche (born 24 February 1943) is a Puerto Rican television and film actor and comedian. He has worked on Puerto Rican television for decades, and has also participated in films such as 1976's La Pandilla en Apuros, a movie that also allowed Garcia to participate in his first musical album (albeit as an actor, as he appeared on a song where he voiced the character he played in the movie). By his own account, Garcia has participated in some 20 films. Biography Garcia was born in the western Puerto Rico town of Mayagüez. Garcia has said that humor was in him since the day he was born. As a young child, Garcia lived in a wooden, two-story building where his house was on the second floor, and a mom-and-pop style supermarket (a "colmado" or "colmadito", in Puerto Rican slang) occupied the first floor. According to him, he was sent at a very young age to a social worker because he declared that he wanted to be "an actor or entertainer" and during that era, "most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Mayagüez (, ) is the ninth-largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez (Township of Virgin of Candelaria, Our Lady of Candelaria), and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Puras'' (City of Pure Waters), or ''Ciudad del Mangó'' (Mango City). On April 6, 1894, the Monarchy of Spain, Spanish Crown granted it the formal title of ''Excelente Ciudad de Mayagüez'' (Excellent City of Mayagüez). Mayagüez is located in the center of the western coast on the island of Puerto Rico. It has a population of 73,077, and it is the principal city of the Mayagüez metropolitan area, Mayagüez Metropolitan Statistical Area (pop. 213,831) and the Mayagüez metropolitan area#Combined Statistical Area, Mayagüez–Aguadilla, PR Combined Statistical Area (pop. 467,599). History The Mayagüez metropolitan area, Mayagüez Metro Area (and part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
