Post by Admin on Sept 11, 2020 10:54:22 GMT -4
Del Río was the first Mexican actress to succeed in Hollywood. The others have been Lupe Vélez, Katy Jurado, and in recent years Salma Hayek and Lupita Nyong'o. Her career had a great impact on the trajectories of the Latinas in Hollywood who followed her. Stars including Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Sofia Vergara and Penélope Cruz follow the steps forged by Dolores del Río.
In 1978, she was diagnosed with osteomyelitis, and in 1981 she was diagnosed with hepatitis B following a contaminated injection of vitamins. She also suffered from arthritis In 1982, del Río was admitted to Scripps Hospital, La Jolla, California, where hepatitis led to cirrhosis.
On 11 April 1983, Dolores del Río died from liver failure at the age of 78, in Newport Beach, California. It is said that the day she died, an invitation to attend the Oscars was sent to her. After dying, she was cremated and her ashes were moved from the United States to Mexico where they were buried at the Panteón de Dolores in Mexico City, Mexico, specifically on The Rotunda of Illustrious Persons
