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Alberto Jiménez, one of the most recognized actors of the 60s and 70s of Colombian television, died on December 25 in the United States, where he lived from the 80s.
Alberto Jiménez, center, with Jaime Horta (left) and Alfonso Lizarazo (right), during one of their visits to Colombia.
Alberto Jiménez’s Facebook
His first leading role was in the telenovela Letters to Beatriz, in 1969, in which he acted with Rebeca López, Raquel Ércole and Julio César Luna.
In 1972 he starred, with the also deceased María Eugenia Dávila, the first television version of Mary, the masterpiece of Jorge Isaacs.
In 1975 he was the heartthrob of Manuela, next to Amparo Grisales. This production of the defunct programmer Puncn had 297 chapters.
Originally by José Eugenio Díaz Castro, it was directed by Felipe González and the most recognized actors of the time participated, such as Lucero Galindo, Fabio Camero, Alicia de Rojas, Ómar Sánchez, Roberto Reyes, Margoth Velásquez, Mónica Silva, María Eugenia Penagos, Paula Peña, Margalida Castro, Delfina Guido, Carlos Barbosa and Betty Valderrama, among others.
He also participated in programs such as Caracol Popular Theater and Case tried.
In the 80’s, Jiménez went to live in Miami, where he did radio as a sportscaster.
“I remember then he went to Hollywood where he started an artistic company and later moved to Las Vegas. There he made a program called The Pedro Jiménez show. He worked for Univisión, Telemundo and ESPN in the sales area. He was a very restless person in everything related to the media, very happy and we talked on a regular basis, “Plata Camacho told the website Pantallazos.
Although he made his life in the United States, he did not stop visiting Colombia, where he met with his friends from his time on television and visited his relatives.
“This news is difficult to assimilate and it hits a lot for those of us who are living the golden age of Colombian television and who still do not understand what is happening with this pandemic”Added Plata Camacho to Screenshots.
As reported by Armando Plata Camacho, president of the Colombian Association of Broadcasters and friend of the actor, Jiménez died a victim of covid-19.
A lawyer graduate with a fixed idea of becoming a diplomat, Alberto Jiménez ended up on television as a soap opera heartthrob in the late 1960s.
