They are six former Menudos who had a life full of tragedies, accidents, illness and death

In Latin America, Boy band The most recognized of all time was Menudo, a group made up of teenagers who achieved their greatest success between 1980 and 2002, passing through several generations of singers, although not everything was positive as some of the former members were haunted by tragedies. .

Tragedies stalked six former Menuds

Fernando Sallaberry

The Puerto Rican singer was a member of the first generation of Menudo between 1977 and 1980, during which time he helped found the famous group.

He would then devote himself to his career as a publicist until, in 1995, he was diagnosed with a variant of multiple sclerosis, a disease so advanced that Fernando lived the last 26 years confined to chairs and beds, despite maintaining a healthy brain.

Jose Ricardo Lopez

He, also known as “Ricky 3”, was in the band between 1992 and 1995, but tragedy struck him in 2004, just as he was recording his first solo song, “Od danas”.

While in Puerto Rico he was in a car accident that left him a paraplegic and affected his ability to speak to this day.

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Michael Cancel

Miguel Cancel became Menudo in 1980, just as the ensemble was gaining international popularity, although he would leave it in 1983.

It was in 2002, while he was an officer in Coral Gables, when the truck he was traveling in overturned, causing him to lose two fingers on his left hand.

Robby Rose

The artist belonged to the ranks of Menud from 1984 to 1987, when he left the band to focus on his solo career.

In 2011, the cancer was located near his liver, for which he underwent various alternative treatments before being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2013. He is currently a cancer survivor and looks healthy.

Edgar Antonio Galindo

The Venezuelan joined the band in 1993, while alternating between modeling and acting.

During the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the cancellation of his concerts, lack of economic income and imprisonment caused him to go into a deep depression that caused him to attempt suicide and soon died on October 3rd of the same year.

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Ray Reyes Leon

The Puerto Rican was a member of Menudo between 1983 and 1985, before becoming a soloist.

In 2020, the singer’s health worsened due to depression and excess body weight, which, along with the disease that increased the size of his heart, caused a heart attack in 2021.

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