Jorge Vargas, June 25, 1941 – Nov. 2, 2009, Mexican singer and actor of film and television, has passed away in the National Institute of Cancerología after a long struggle with colon cancer. He was 68.
Vargas’s son, Ernesto D’Alessio said in a statement on Televisa television, “They operated on him Thursday and he reacted well. The problem is that when there is an operation of this kind on the colon and other intestines, it’s very probable that a bacteria could get in and cause such a powerful infection that it ended my dad’s life,
Vargas made his film debut with “The Price of Glory” followed by several others. But he made a successful career on television beginning in the 1960s. He might be best known, however, with his 1997 appearance in the series “Maria Isabel” where he played the role of Don Felix Pereira.
Jorge Vargas leaves behind two sons, Jorge and Ernesto, from his marriage to Lupita D’Alessio.
