Eiza González is mourning the loss of Nicandro Díaz, a TelevisaUnivision producer who gave the 3 Body Problem star an opportunity early on in her acting career.
“I am devastated with the news about Nicandro,” González posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “You are light, I always spent hours laughing with you. My family and I love you very much and we are eternally grateful.”
She continued, “You changed the course of my life and I will always be indebted to you. My deepest condolences to your beautiful family. I adore you Nicandro, we will always miss you. Your favorite lobuki.”
González starred in the telenovela Amores Verdaderos back in 2012, which Díaz produced for TelevisaUnivision. The actress accompanied her X post with a photo alongside Díaz and her telenovela co-stars like Sebastián Rulli, Erika Buenfil and Eduardo Yáñez.
Amores Verdaderos was the last telenovela González starred in before making her way to Hollywood.
TelevisaUnivision confirmed the death of Díaz in a post in Spanish shared on X.
“His professional career leaves a mark in the history of telenovelas with big hits like Carita de ángel, Destilando Amor, Mañana es para siempre, Soy tu dueña, Amores Verdaderos, Mi fortuna es amarte and Golpe de suerte, among others,” read the statement. “We express our sincerest condolences to his family for this irreparable loss.”
The cause of Díaz’s death has not been confirmed, but multiple social media accounts from previous productions that the producer was behind were asking for blood donations in his name.