Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Death of "La Fea" director Sergio Jiménez
From esmas:
Mexico City, January 3, 2007. Consternation and sadness were the sentiments that invaded the forums of "La Fea Más Bella" upon learning of the death of director Sergio Jiménez.
"Today we were waiting for our director to arrive but he didn't come. People close to him went to find him at his apartment and saw it was locked, that his car was outside and hadn't been moved for a few days," explained Rosy Ocampo.
"It was decided to go to the ministry, they came to his house and found he had died watching television. It was death by natural causes, apparently a heart attack. He had recently turned 70 years old, with many plans for the future," she added.
Rosy notified the crew and cast. "He called them 'mis troyanos' [Trojans?] because he commented that part of the success was this grand team."
The Prof himself, as he was called affectionately, already had made plans for the new year. "He spoke of the next movela we were to make together, and that he wanted to go to Greece when La Fea terminated. He was a man looking forward in his life."
The last time he was with the crew was December 23, the last day of taping in 2006.
The producer said Angélica Vale was the one most affected: "They arrived together at that which is 'Lety'. They had a grand friendship, he even called her his grand-daughter."
Rest in peace.
Mexico City, January 3, 2007. Consternation and sadness were the sentiments that invaded the forums of "La Fea Más Bella" upon learning of the death of director Sergio Jiménez.
"Today we were waiting for our director to arrive but he didn't come. People close to him went to find him at his apartment and saw it was locked, that his car was outside and hadn't been moved for a few days," explained Rosy Ocampo.
"It was decided to go to the ministry, they came to his house and found he had died watching television. It was death by natural causes, apparently a heart attack. He had recently turned 70 years old, with many plans for the future," she added.
Rosy notified the crew and cast. "He called them 'mis troyanos' [Trojans?] because he commented that part of the success was this grand team."
The Prof himself, as he was called affectionately, already had made plans for the new year. "He spoke of the next movela we were to make together, and that he wanted to go to Greece when La Fea terminated. He was a man looking forward in his life."
The last time he was with the crew was December 23, the last day of taping in 2006.
The producer said Angélica Vale was the one most affected: "They arrived together at that which is 'Lety'. They had a grand friendship, he even called her his grand-daughter."
Rest in peace.
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That's very sad news. Sad for his family and friends of course and also professionally. I wonder how the show will be affected?
Permalink posted by 
: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 7:30:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 7:30:00 PM EST
Oh, my goodness. Thanks for letting us know. How sad for them; it surely must be like working with family to be so intense on a project like this for so many months.
Jeanne
Jeanne
How terribly sad! He sounds like a charming and lovely person to have such a devoted work crew.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 9:35:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 9:35:00 PM EST
I was reading more about his death and how it has affected the cast on "Esmas" and realized he was younger than my husband (who is considerably older than me but does not seem like it). It seems like this director was revered among his colleagues. If I understood correctly, he directed the Colombian version, too, along with myriad other projects. What a loss! Between Angelica Vale's injury and this, the telenovela has sustained some major shocks.
Jeanne
Jeanne
So very sad to hear; thanks for letting us know. I'll keep his "off" and "on set" family in my prayers.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 11:22:00 PM EST
: Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 11:22:00 PM EST
How tragic. I feel a loss knowing he is so close to this LFMB crew. His work has brought me such joy.
Connie
Connie
Permalink posted by : Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 9:35:00 AM EST
: Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 9:35:00 AM EST
What a terrible blow. Thanks for posting this; I check up on LFMB news once in a while, but not often.
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