Carlos Sanchez, who for decades played the character Juan Valdez in a series of legendary Colombian coffee TV commercials, has died, according to reports Thursday.
Sanchez passed away at age 83 in late December of undisclosed causes in the city of Medellin, the New York Times said.
He made the humble coffee farmer character Juan Valdez into one of the most successful fictional characters in advertising history since he first started playing him in 1969.
https://nypost.com/2019/01/10/man-who-played-colombian-coffees-juan-valdez-dies-at-83/