Manuel Saval

Saval was the son of film actress and opera singer Manolita Saval and Manuel Ruiz. In 1983 he married Martha Eugenia Gallegos,{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Aún extraño a mi esposo, tras ausencia:viuda de Saval. Con Matilde Obregón|url=http://www.radioformula.com.mx/notas.asp?Idn=181118|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=RadioFórmula|date=June 24, 2011}} with whom he had a son, Francisco.

In 2007 he was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer and had to retire from show business in order to seek surgery and treatment. While hospitalized for treatment in mid-2008, he contracted a rare infection associated with pneumonia and his condition worsened.{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Manuel Saval, actor mexicano tiene una rara infección|url=http://www.eluniverso.com/2008/06/25/0001/1065/53C1B0B1C6C542A0ABE0B42DC721EACD.html|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=El Universo|date=June 25, 2008}} In late December 2008, while in recovery from tracheal surgery at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología in Mexico City, it was announced that recovery was going well and he might be able to return home for the holiday season.{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Prevén que Manuel Saval abandone hospital el martes|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/564440.html|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=El Universo|date=December 22, 2008}} But by the third week of May, 2009, Saval had returned to the hospital and was reported to be in critical condition.{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Preocupa salud de Manuel Saval|url=http://www.tabascohoy.com.mx/noticia.php?id_nota=173942|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=Tabasco hoy|date=May 13, 2009}}

On his birthday in 2009, a gathering held in his honor was arranged by Adal Ramones and attended by his many friends.{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Cáncer venció a Manuel Saval pese a su lucha|url=http://rotativo.com.mx/cinetv/cancer-vencio-a-manuel-saval-pese-a-su-lucha/15825/html/|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=Diario Rotativo de Querétaro|date=June 24, 2009}} Because of his ill health, Saval was unable to attend, but a video connection was established between his home and the gathering. His friends remembered him for his great kindness and as always being an elegant person.{{cite web|language=Spanish|title=Adal Ramones Rompe En Llanto Durante El Homenaje A Manuel Saval Realizado Un Dia Antes De Su Muerte|url=http://www.agencia-mexico.com/gallery.php?gid=3703|publisher=agencia-mexico.com/ |accessdate=February 22, 2012}}{{cite news |title= Amigos de Manuel Saval le rendirán un homenaje en vida |url= http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/programastv/nxclusiva/noticias/071969/gerardo-quiroz-y-adal-ramones-rinden-homenaje-vida-manuel-saval |accessdate= February 22, 2012 |newspaper=Esmas |language= Spanish |date= June 24, 2009}}

He died on June 23, 2009, one day after his 53rd birthday, after a three-year battle with cancer of the larynx, which he attributed to his smoking.{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=Fallece el actor Manuel Saval|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/606878.html|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=El Universo|date=June 24, 2009}}"Muere el actor Manuel Saval" "People en Espanol (People magazine in Spanish)", 24 Jun 2009 [http://www.peopleenespanol.com/article/muere-el-actor-manuel-saval]

Saval began his career in show business working on graphic novels. His screen debut was in the 1976 film El esperado amor desesperado with Sonia Furi and Ofelia Guilmain,{{cite news|language=Spanish|title=De ronda por los estudios mexicanos El esperado amor desesperado|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UkRcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JlYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3055,2903443&dq=manuel-zaval&hl=en|accessdate=February 22, 2012|newspaper=La Opinion|date=February 8, 1976}} and late in the 70s he performed in theater with his mother. His television debut was as Jorge in the 1980 telenovela Corazones sin rumbo.

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• Corazones sin rumbo (1980) as Jorge
• Espejismo (1981) as Juan José
• Lo que el cielo no perdona (1982)
• Guadalupe (1984) as Roberto
• Los años felices (1984) as Rodolfo
• Principessa (1984) as Reynaldo
• Los años pasan (1985) as Rodolfo
• Juana Iris (1985)
• Muchachita (1986) as Chucho
• La pobre Señorita Limantour (1987) as Armando
• Simplemente María (1989) as Juan Carlos del Villar
• Mágica juventud (1992) as Javier
• María la del Barrio (1995) as Óscar Montalbán
• La antorcha encendida (1996) as José Manuel Fuentes
• Mujer, casos de la vida real (1998-2007)
• El diario de Daniela (1999) as Andres Zamora
• Rosalinda (1999) as Alfredo Del Castillo
• Carita de ángel (2000-2001) as Father Gabriel Larios
• Cómplices al rescate (2002) as Rolando Del Valle
• ¡Vivan los niños! (2002–2003) as Dr. Fernando Molina
• Corazones al límite (2004) as Osvaldo Madrigal
• Hospital el paisa (2004) as Dr. Manuel
• Bajo el mismo techo (2005) as Carlos
• Sueños y caramelos (2005) as Augusto Monraz

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• El esperado amor desesperado (1976)

• Papacito piernas largas
• Gigi
• Ah que muchachita

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Category:1956 births

Category:Mexican male film actors

Category:Mexican male telenovela actors

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Category:Deaths from laryngeal cancer

Category:Deaths from cancer in Mexico

Category:Mexican male television actors