The cast and crew of the Mexican version of Ugly Betty, Televisa’s La Fea más bella, is mourning the death of their director, actor Sergio Jiménez, who

…died of an apparent heart attack, television producer Rosy Ocampo said Wednesday. He was 69.

Jiménez had been working as a director on the TV soap opera “La fea más bella.”

Ocampo, who was in charge of the production, told Televisa that Jiménez´s body was found in his apartment after he did not show up for the show´s Wednesday taping, the first such session scheduled after the holiday season.

“People close to him went to look for him at his apartment and upon noticing that (the door) was locked, that his car was parked outside and that it had been several days since he had gone out, it was decided to go to the district attorney´s office” to notify them of the unusual circumstances, Ocampo said. He also said that prosecutors “finally entered his house and found that he had died, apparently while he was watching television.”

Jiménez is perhaps best known for his role as “El Gato” in the legendary Mexican film Los Caifanes (image above).

Univision.com has a piece on how the Mexican entertainment world is reacting.

Mexican daily La Jornada eulogizes Jimenéz, saying Sergio came from a time when “actors were real actors”.

Via / ElUniversal.com.mx