Rebecca Jones, famous Mexican actress, has died

Mexican actress Rebecca Jones is dead early in the morning of this March 22 at the age of 65. This was announced by her representative, Danna Vázquez, in a statement. The star had been hospitalized since late 2022, suffering from a tumor and complications after pneumonia.

“It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of our beloved and admired Rebecca Anne Jones Fuentes. (May 21, 1957-March 22, 2023)”, reads the first instance.

The press release reports that a farewell to the actress will be held in the coming days and concludes by thanking all those who were concerned about Jones’ health.

“Rebecca was always accompanied by her loved ones, she left in peace and with deep gratitude to his audience for which he has worked all his life,” he stressed.

Likewise, it has been confirmed that in the coming days there will be an emotional farewell to the actress of soap operas such as Cabo, To love again, Cuna de Lobos, among others.

“In the coming days we will unite to greet you as you wished. Thank you to everyone who has always been aware of Rebecca’s health,” she concluded the announcement.

Who was

Despite the obstacles she has faced throughout her life, Rebecca Jones has always projected herself as a strong, fierce, courageous woman with an attitude of power.

And that’s exactly how friends and colleagues remember the actress, who died this Wednesday morning at the age of 65.

Jones was the fourth of six children. He was born in Mexico City on May 21, 1957, his mother was Mexican, his father American.

Since she was little, she knew that acting was her passion. Her career path begins when she moves to Laguna Beach, California, at the time he was studying the equivalent of high school in Mexico, and managed to win the lead role of a school play.

The actress and her family were forced to flee the country after suffering a seizure when she was 16. As she told her on a TV show, a homemade bomb exploded in the mailbox of his house.

After the bitter pill, Jones and his family began to adjust to their new home; his character, always strong, helped him not to be the victim of any act of discrimination.

Jones has amassed more than 40 series and movies in television and film acting. He studied dramatic art at Orange Coast College and his first contact with acting was in Mexico, thanks to the opportunity offered by the actor and producer Fernando Larrañaga. He discovered the talent of the then young woman, who positioned her as the protagonist of the comedy El Coleccionista; She had previously been an understudy in a production in which Edith González was the lead.

On television, her aunt, screenwriter Fernanda Villeli, allowed her to expose her face in a scene from the novel Muchacha de Barrio (1979) starring Ana Martín and Humberto Zurita.

His next works were El Maleficio (1983), La Traición (1984), Angélica (1985) and one of his first hits Cuna de Lobos (1986), where he met Alejandro Camacho.

Although she had a brief romance with Humberto Zurita, it was Alejandro Camacho, with whom she stayed and, during the tapings of the novel produced by Lucero Suárez and Carlos Téllez, it was when the couple became engaged; in Mexico by the civil and in California by the Church.

They got married in 1986 and their son Massimiliano was born from their relationship.

One of the hardest moments for the couple was the loss of two children, one before and one after Maxi’s birth.

Although they seemed to be a stable couple, their end came in 2011 with a divorce; at the moment There were rumors that there were infidelities on the part of the actor, something that just remained in that.

The career of “Becky”, as she is known in her inner circle, continued. Titles such as Dos Vidas (1988), La Sonrisa del Diablo (1992) and Imperio de Cristal (1994) were part of her curriculum before her departure from Televisa.

When she joined Tv Azteca, she achieved success with her character Isabel Franco in La Vida en el Espejo (1999), I have everything but you (2008), as well as with several participations in the unitary Lo Que Callamos las women.

Among his latest works, Señora Acuerdo (2014), La Doña (2016), Doña Flor and her two Husbands (2019), La Casa de las Flores (2020), Do you Remember Me (2021), Who killed Sara? (2022) and the melodrama Cabo (2022) in which she had to leave her participation unfinished due to a cardiorespiratory problem from which she suffered and from which she recovered, after being intubated, according to reports.

His first greatest grief was the death of his 22-year-old brother Mark while swimming in the sea; The second obstacle of him was the death of his mother Leonor, at the age of 90.