2023-11-04 10:01:00
Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, María Félix and Silvia Pinal are just some of the names that for decades established themselves as the greats within the Mexican Golden Cinema; However, they are not the only ones, since other celebrities who played both leading and antagonistic roles also knew how to conquer the public and therefore catapulted their racing straight to fame.
Despite the fame, their juicy fortunes, luxuries and being intimate with the greats of this golden age, not many had happy endings and, on the contrary, they ended up with tragic stories ranging from being ruined for the love of a woman, to ending their own lives due to terrible diseases such as cancer. When it comes to this disease, there were many actors who got sick and died from various complications, although there is one in particular who stole all the attention.
He was the heartthrob of the movies. (Photo: FB Pedro Armendáriz)
What did Pedro Armendáriz die from?
Pedro Armendariz He is the beloved actor of the Golden Cinema who at 51 years old committed suicide to deal with the pain that the cancer would have left him, news that shook the world of entertainment both nationally and internationally, because due to his popularity the famous man also made his way through Hollywoodwhere it is believed that he would have contracted the disease from having been exposed to high levels of radiation.
“In love“, “Maria Candelaria“, “Three children of the devil“, “The Pearl” y “The brute“are only five of the more than 100 films that Armendáriz starred in throughout his career; although there was one in particular that is known as the “radioactive film” and that would have caused the actor to get sick with cancer and later decide take your life in a hospital room.
His wife found his lifeless body. (Photo: FB Pedro Armendáriz)
Is regarding “From Russia with love”, same that many remember as part of the James Bond saga and in which Pedro Armendariz He participated; According to what is known and with studies that became known over the years, the film was recorded in areas near the utah desert, same in which the United States government carried out nuclear bomb tests during world war II.
It also emerged that the one who was considered one of the greatest exponents of Mexican Golden Cinema filmed with hundreds of people in this place and all of them, including the actor, ended up with some kind of cancer. In his particular case, it is known that it was in the lymphatic glands. Likewise, reports from that time highlighted that Armendáriz had so much exposure to the radiation in the area that for the last weeks of recording he was already having health problems that prevented him from even standing up.
He was not the only actor to commit suicide following falling ill with cancer. (Photo: FB Pedro Armendáriz)
When going to professionals, the diagnosis confirmed cancer in the lymph glands, Likewise, it is said that on one of the visits to the surrounding hospitals in California, United States, where he was triumphing in Hollywood, his family doctor informed him that He had approximately one year to live. Although at first his reaction did not worry either the doctors or his wife, some time later he ended up committing suicide.
For it, Pedro Armendariz He would have secretly entered the hospital with a weapon, the same one with which he committed suicide in one of the hospital rooms while his wife was absent, as she had gone out to get something to eat. The above happened on June 18, 1963 in Los Angeles and the decision would have been made following finding out that he was in the final stage of cancer.
It should be noted that Armendáriz was not the only one of the actors in the Golden Cinema who made this drastic decision following learning that they had cancersince the Spanish Jorge Mistral who triumphed in Mexico is added to the list, who following not being able to endure the severe pain of the disease, decided to commit suicide to feel better.
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