José Roberto Hill (January 13, 1945 – December 20, 2005) was a Mexican actor. Born as José Roberto Hill del Rivero in Mexico City, he appeared in plays, films, and

telenovelas A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar Drama (film and television), drama genres around the w ...

(soap operas). He is best remembered for the iconic films ''Cristo 70'' (Christ 70) and ''Ha entrado una mujer'' (A woman has entered). At the height of his career he, together with his then-wife musician Margarita Bauche and other

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figures like Mayita Campos and Carlos Baca founded the commune ''La Nueva Familia'' (The new family) in the outskirts of Mexico city. The commune gained wide spread reputation as one of the few fully functional

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communes in Mexico. The couple had two daughters, artists Maya Karunna and Maria Karunna, founders of Caló, a 1990s Mexican rap band. He was the uncle of actress

Vanessa Bauche Vanessa Bauche ( born Alma Vanessa Bauche Chavira; February 18, 1973) is a Mexican television, theatre and film actress. She is best known for playing as Nora in the Apple TV+ series “Acapulco”. She also appeared in many Mexican television ...

. Hill died as a result of the injuries of an assault in his department on December 20, 2005, aged 60.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Jose Roberto 1945 births 2005 deaths Mexican male telenovela actors Mexican male television actors Mexican male film actors Mexican male stage actors Male actors from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican male actors Mexican people of English descent Hippies 21st-century Mexican male actors