25 Facts About Luis Vigoreaux

Luis Vigoreaux Rivera was a Puerto Rican radio and television show host, announcer, comedian and producer.

Luis Vigoreaux was born on April 12,1928, in the Chupacallos ward of Ceiba, Puerto Rico.

Luis Vigoreaux was one of the eight children of Eulalia Rivera and Enrique Vigoreaux, a sugarcane worker at Fajardo Sugar Company.

Luis Vigoreaux's father died when he was young, forcing Eulalia to take charge of the family.

When Luis Vigoreaux was 14 years old, they moved to San Juan, specifically Rio Piedras.

Luis Vigoreaux served as host, presenter, commentator, among other jobs.

Luis Vigoreaux became the spokesperson for Sello Rojo rice in Puerto Rico, which he did for 30 years.

Luis Vigoreaux then hosted the show El tren de la alegria.

Luis Vigoreaux later moved to WAPA-TV, motivated by the possibility of working with actor Mario Pabon.

However, Luis Vigoreaux moved on when he and his second wife, Lydia Echevarria, began hosting the show named La Hora Cero.

The Luis Vigoreaux family became one of the most famous families in Puerto Rico.

In 1970, Luis Vigoreaux developed a game show named Sube Nene, Sube.

Luis Vigoreaux responded by creating Pa'rriba, Papi, Pa'rriba, which was a variation of Sube Nene, Sube, and Dale que Dale en Domingo.

Luis Vigoreaux later jumped to Channel 11, then named the Perez-Perry Network.

Luis Vigoreaux bought the Teatro Nuevo San Juan, from where he started transmitting his new show.

In 1980, Luis Vigoreaux went back to WAPA-TV and all his shows were rescheduled.

Luis Vigoreaux became the show host of that station's lunch hour variety show, El Show Del Mediodia, and began playing the role of Pedro Navaja in a play La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja.

Luis Vigoreaux would act in that play many times, as well as in a play named Angeles Caidos.

Luis Vigoreaux's death launched a wave of rumors and speculations, and led to one of the biggest trials in Puerto Rico's history.

Allegedly, Echevarria had become jealous of a relationship Luis Vigoreaux had started with actress Nydia Castillo, and had paid Newman and Lopez-Watts to either beat him or murder him.

Luis Vigoreaux's body was found gagged, stabbed, and burned inside the car's trunk.

At the time of his death, Vigoreaux was about to begin another game show, A Millon, which eventually became one of the most popular shows in Puerto Rican television history, under the hosting of Hector Marcano and produced by Vigoreaux's son, Luisito Vigoreaux.

Luis Vigoreaux married Rosaura Lorenzana, with whom he had three sons, Luisito, Jorge Enrique and Roberto Vigoreaux.

Luis Vigoreaux served as a member of both the House and the Senate of Puerto Rico.

In 1958, Luis Vigoreaux met actress Lydia Echevarria, while still married to his first wife.