US EditionPopular Actress Verónica Echegui Dead at 42 After Secret Battle
- Spanish actress Verónica Echegui died at Madrid's 12 de Octubre hospital on August 24 at age 42 after a private battle with cancer.
- Echegui kept her illness private, with only close friends knowing, and continued working while ill, including releasing the series Love You to Death in February.
- Echegui debuted nearly twenty years ago in My Name Is Juani and earned multiple Spanish Academy nominations for roles in My Prison Yard, Katmandu, and My Heart Goes Boom.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said, "Verónica Echegui leaves us far too young," while colleagues including Antonio Banderas shared tributes on social media.
- Her death shocked Spain’s film industry, prompting condolences to her family and visits by former co-stars at a Madrid funeral home to pay respects.
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Spanish actress Verónica Echegui has died after battling cancer for years.
The Spanish film industry has been dressed in mourning after Verónica Echegui's death at 42 years of age, and there are not a few colleagues in the profession who came this Monday to the La Paz tanatorio in Madrid.Among them, Daniel Guzmán, who said he was aware of the actress's illness but kept it a secret.This was revealed by the actor and director in front of the Europa Press cameras, where, visibly affected and with a broken voice, he descri…
The world of culture and spectacle is shaken by the terrible and unexpected death of actress Verónica Echegui after several days entered by an illness and there are multiple reactions of pain. But few like those issued by the singer and actor Dani Martín , who has published a heartbreaking letter of remembrance and farewell to «La Vero».«La Vero was the Penelope of Ham Ham, the Rosalía of 'Saoko, Papi, Saoko', the purest artist of all artists, t…
They both worked together on 'I am the Juani', by Bigas Luna, the actress's first film.
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