Juan Manuel Ruiz Saval (June 22, 1956 – June 23, 2009) was a Mexican stage, film and
television actor
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who appeared in over twenty
telenovela
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s. His best known role was opposite
Victoria Ruffo
MarÃa Victoria Eugenia Guadalupe MartÃnez del RÃo Moreno-Ruffo (born May 31, 1962) is a Mexican actress notable for her roles in telenovelas.
Biography
1980s
Ruffo began her acting career in 1980, starring in supporting roles in teleno ...
film actress
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and
opera singer
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Manolita Saval and Manuel Ruiz. In 1983 he married Martha Eugenia Gallegos, with whom he had a son, Francisco.
Illness and death
In 2007 he was diagnosed with
laryngeal cancer
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and had to retire from show business in order to seek surgery and treatment. While hospitalized for treatment in mid-2008, he contracted a rare infection associated with
pneumonia
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and his condition worsened. In late December 2008, while in recovery from
tracheal
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, it was announced that recovery was going well and he might be able to return home for the holiday season. But by the third week of May, 2009, Saval had returned to the hospital and was reported to be in critical condition.
On his birthday in 2009, a gathering held in his honor was arranged by
Adal Ramones
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and attended by his many friends. Because of his ill health, Saval was unable to attend, but a video connection was established between his home and the gathering. His friends remembered him for his great kindness and as always being an elegant person.
He died on June 23, 2009, one day after his 53rd birthday, after a three-year battle with cancer of the larynx, which he attributed to his smoking."Muere el actor Manuel Saval" "People en Espanol (People magazine in Spanish)", 24 Jun 200 /ref>
Career
Saval began his career in show business working on
graphic novels
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. His screen debut was in the 1976 film ''El esperado amor desesperado'' with Sonia Furi and Ofelia Guilmain, and late in the 70s he performed in theater with his mother. His television debut was as Jorge in the 1980 telenovela '' Corazones sin rumbo''.
Guadalupe
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'' (1984) as Roberto
* ''
Los años felices
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* '' Los años pasan'' (1985) as Rodolfo
* ''
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'' (1999) as Andres Zamora
* '' Rosalinda'' (1999) as Alfredo Del Castillo
* ''
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'' (2000-2001) as Father Gabriel Larios
* ''
Cómplices al rescate
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'' (2002) as Rolando Del Valle
* '' ¡Vivan los niños!'' (2002–2003) as Dr. Fernando Molina
* ''
Corazones al lÃmite
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'' (2004) as Osvaldo Madrigal
* ''
Hospital el paisa
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'' (2004) as Dr. Manuel
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Bajo el mismo techo
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'' (2005) as Carlos
* ''
Sueños y caramelos
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