What is Carlos Sánchez (actor)?
[[Image:Juanvaldez.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Juan Valdez]] as portrayed by Carlos Sánchez]] '''Carlos Sánchez''' (1935 &ndash; 29 December 2018) was a Colombian actor. He was known for playing [[Juan Valdez]] for over thirty years, from 1969 to 2006.<ref>[http://juanvaldez.com/menu/advertising/juan.html Juanvaldez.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017003742/http://juanvaldez.com/menu/advertising/juan.html |date=October 17, 2008 }} In 1969, Carlos Sánchez of Medellín, Colombia, was chosen to replace José F. Duval, a New York based actor, who had until then portrayed Juan Valdez. Mr. Sánchez has been Juan ever since.</ref> He was originally a [[coffee]] farmer from [[Antioquia Department|Antioquia]], [[Colombia]]. Sánchez in [[Medellín]] on 29 December 2018 from a [[respiratory tract infection]], aged 83.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/obituaries/carlos-sanchez-dead.html Carlos Sánchez, 83, Dies; Embodied Colombian Coffee as Juan Valdez]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez, Carlos}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory tract infection]] [[Category:Colombian entertainers]] {{actor-stub}}