Alex Soto Hernández (July 29, 1965 – April 9, 2015)
was a Puerto Rican actor, comedian and drag queen, who was well known for his transvestite characterizations. Soto was a native of
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, where he worked on several theatrical productions.
Biography
Soto was born in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
, the son of Julio Soto Cosme and Carmen Hernández Coriano. He had two sisters, Magali and Ivette, and a brother, Denis.
Since a very young age, he found work as an actor in Puerto Rican theatre, and during the 2000s, he gained popular exposure on the famed television show, ''
Minga y Petraca
''Minga y Petraca'' (later known as ''Minga y Tomasa'') was a television show produced in Puerto Rico by Antonio "El Gangster" Sanchez since 1992 up until early 2005 on Telemundo Puerto Rico, channel 2.
Sanchez and actor Johnny Ray Rodrígue ...
'', playing "Tomasa", a neighborhood lady.
In 2002, Soto portrayed a drag queen in a theater play named ''Vidas de Herejes'',
which was a hit play. He reprised the role when the play returned to the theaters during 2004 and 2010.
Health problems
Soto suffered from diabetes and obesity. In 2012, he had his right leg amputated. He flew from Puerto Rico to Boston, Massachusetts in late 2014, both to be near his sister and to be hospitalized there for diabetes and for an infection on his amputated leg.
Soto suffered a fatal heart attack at the hospital in
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...
on the evening of April 9, 2015.
See also
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Antonio Pantojas
Antonio Pantojas (November 25, 1948 – October 2, 2017) was an actor, comedian, dancer and a pioneer in the art of drag.
Early years
Antonio Pantojas was born in Santurce and raised in Río Piedras, the largest district of the city of San Juan, ...
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Dreuxilla Divine
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Lady Catiria
Catiria Reyes (1959 – May 3, 1999), better known as Lady Catiria, was a Puerto Rican drag performer, film actress, and transgender beauty pageant winner. She was one of the main performers at the New York City Latino nightclub La Escuelita, w ...
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List of Puerto Ricans
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1965 births
2015 deaths
Puerto Rican male stage actors
Puerto Rican male television actors
Puerto Rican male comedians
Puerto Rican LGBT actors
Puerto Rican LGBT comedians
21st-century Puerto Rican male actors
21st-century Puerto Rican comedians
21st-century Puerto Rican LGBT people
Male actors from San Juan, Puerto Rico