A Netflix star has died aged 37 after being diagnosed with a serious illness just four months ago.
José de la Torre passed away on Thursday (5 Dec).
He had been diagnosed with an unspecified “serious illness” in June.
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Since his diagnosis, he had been undergoing treatment which kept him out of the limelight.
De la Torre was best known for playing Iván – one of the main characters in the Netflix series Toy Boy.
The series, which premiered in 2019, follows a male stripper who is released from prison after spending seven years behind bars.
He sets out to prove that his lover framed him for her husband’s murder.
Toy Boy ended in 2021 after two seasons.
De la Torre also acted in Amar es para siempre, Vis a Vis: El Oasis, and Servir y proteger.
At the time of writing, his Instagram page had 459,000 followers.
His last post was on 3 June and shows him enjoying a music festival in the Canary Islands.
It is captioned: “The joy of arriving in the Canary Islands, seeing your friends, grabbing a mojito, and singing your heart out until you lose your voice.”
De la Torre was a graduate of the Málaga Higher School of Performing Arts in Spain.
He was from Montilla, Córdoba Province, but made Málaga his home.
His first starring role was in a music video for a song by Nena Daconte more than a decade ago.
In addition to acting, he worked as a model for renowned fashion, jewellery, and accessory brands.
De la Torre is survived by his parents and sister.
His funeral was held in Montilla on Friday (6 Dec), as reported by Need To Know.
Actress Luisa Martín and singer Lolita Flores were among those to pay tribute to the actor online.
Martín wrote: “It breaks my heart to think I’ll never hear your voice again, but I’ll keep talking to you. Love you endlessly, José.”
De la Torre once told local media: “From a very young age, I found solace in cinema – though not so much in acting, at least not at first.
“I was a child who couldn’t stop watching films, purely for the joy of it.
“But that captivated me and planted the seed that would later grow into my desire to pursue it as a career.”
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