Rafael Muñiz García de la Noceda, better known as Rafo Muñiz (born 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor, comedian, director, and producer of television shows and concerts. The son of pioneering comic actor and producer

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, Rafo's acting career began in the role of "Miguel" in "Gloria y Miguel", which aired on

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. After graduating high school, he starred alongside his father as his father's son in law in the sitcom '' Los García'' (''The Garcias''), also on WAPA, during the late 1970s. From there on, Rafo had on and off work as an actor, but by 1985, he had become a game show host at

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. By that era also, he established a company named Promotores Latinos, where he performs as company President and main show producer. Promotores Latinos is now known as ProLat Entertainment. Since the 1980s, Muñiz has been one of the top music promoters/managers in Puerto Rico, and his firm, ProLat Entertainment, has represented artists such as

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Olga Tañón Olga Teresa Tañón OrtizIn this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is ''Tañón'' and the second or maternal family name is ''Ortiz''. (born April 13, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Over the course of her career, she has ...

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, and others in their concerts in Puerto Rico,

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and

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. Tanon split from his company in 2002, and Muñiz sued her for breach of contract. He quickly signed another Merengue singer,

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and TV personality,

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, to be represented by him. He also represented the late Luis Raúl, a Puerto Rican stand up comedian, and singer

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. Some of his projects in the mainland U.S. include "ViVa Puente" a star-studded tribute to the late Puerto Rican superstar Tito Puente in New York, L.A., Miami and Dallas. He has produced concerts at

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, the

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, and

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, among other venues. Currently, he is the manager of

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singer

and comedian Miguel Morales.

References

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