Chilean actor/singer Antonio Prieto has died at the age of 85.
The performer passed away after suffering heart failure on Thursday at a clinic in Santiago, Chile.
Prieto recorded over 1,000 songs during his 50-year career and was nicknamed the Romantic of the Romantics because his voice was said to make people fall in love.
He also starred in more than 33 films, including A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood and the 1963 release of The Sword of Zorro.
Prieto is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren.
The performer passed away after suffering heart failure on Thursday at a clinic in Santiago, Chile.
Prieto recorded over 1,000 songs during his 50-year career and was nicknamed the Romantic of the Romantics because his voice was said to make people fall in love.
He also starred in more than 33 films, including A Fistful of Dollars with Clint Eastwood and the 1963 release of The Sword of Zorro.
Prieto is survived by four children and 13 grandchildren.
- 7/18/2011
- WENN
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