MADRID, Spain.- The death of Cuban actor Rubén Breña has shocked the community of actors and Cubans in general. Brena died this thursday in Havana due to erosive gastritis at the age of 69.
Colleagues by profession have filled the social networks with messages recalling his quality as an artist and as a human being.
Rest in peace, dear and admired Rubén Breña. Little by little we are saying goodbye. Hugs to his family and closest friends. You were a great colleague and an excellent professional”, said Hector Noas.
For his part, Nancy Gonzalez he recalled television work with Breña, such as the Cuban novel Nightlife.
“How sad your departure, colleague. Many years have passed since this novel in which we were the best of friends. I admired you and appreciated your seriousness at work as well as your grace and cordiality off the scene,” said González.
While Jorge Ferdecaz, Very close to the actor, he wrote: “Breña has left, a man who knew as much about Liszt and Prokofiev as he did about Chano and Angarica. Rarely have I seen someone walk with such ease and sufficiency from the cult to the popular. Endearing FRIEND, colleague and teacher, most noble soul where there are, my fortune, there are not many cities on the Island that have escaped our adventures”.
“Total sadness for the one who knew how to give so much good in each performance and be a gentleman in every sense of the word. Rest in peace dear friend and colleague. I will not forget you. Another great loss for culture and the acting world,” said actress Arianna Álvarez.
While Yoraisy Gomez thanked for having been able to work with Breña, with whom he played his first leading role, in the Cuban soap opera To the beat of the sound
“Without him my work would not have been the same. He always guided me, he advised me, he helped me make those long hours of work fun, always smiling, always positive, fun-loving. I will never forget you because you are one of those people who mark the history of life”, were the moving words of Gómez.
Another of the most recognized faces of Cuban cinema and television, Alberto Pujol, stated: “I am very sorry to hear the news of the death of First Actor Rubén Breña. He was a great actor, a lover of his profession and highly professional. The news and the conditions in which Breña died are very sad.”
Regarding these conditions, it is worth noting that this Wednesday it went viral on social networks that Rubén Breña was admitted to the intensive care unit of the “Hermanos Ameijeiras” Hospital and that the care center did not have the medications the actor needed.
One day later, and hours before his death, the hospital itself posted on Facebook that “from the first moment” the patient had had “all the treatment required for erosive gastritis.”
