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August 3, 1948. Havana, Cuba. Died. May 21, 2023. (2023-05-21) (aged 74) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Leon Ichaso (August 3, 1948 – May 21, 2023) was a Cuban-born American writer and film director. Some of his prominent works included El Super, Crossover Dreams, Bitter Sugar, Piñero, and El Cantante.
- May 21, 2023 (aged 74), Santa Monica, California, U.S.
May 23, 2023 · May 23, 2023. Leon Ichaso, a Cuban American filmmaker who in “El Super,” “Crossover Dreams,” “Piñero,” “El Cantante” and other movies examined themes of Latino assimilation and cultural...
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May 22, 2023 · WireImage. Leon Ichaso, who directed the Héctor Lavoe biopic “El Cantante,” “Bitter Sugar” and several major TV series, died of a heart attack Monday morning in Los Angeles. He was 74.
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Ichaso, a Cuban American filmmaker who in “El Super,” “Crossover Dreams,” “Piñero,” “El Cantante” and other movies examined themes of Latino assimilation and cultural identity, died on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 74. (Susan Farley/The New York Times) by Neil Genzlinger
Jun 8, 2023 · By Jorge Luis Lanza Caride. HAVANA TIMES – Recent news of US-Cuban born filmmaker Leon Ichaso’s death (1948-2023) shook me. With his physical disappearance, Cuban culture in the US has lost one of its greatest examples.
Leon Ichaso was born on August 3, 1948 in Havana, Cuba. His father, Justo Rodríguez Santos, was one of Cuba’s most respected poets and a pioneer in broadcast TV and radio and his mother Antonia Ichaso had a radio magazine show in the 1940s. Ichaso left the island for exile in Mexico and the United States, with his mother Antonia Ichaso and ...
