Yoyo Boing will be laid to rest at the Buxeda Funeral Home in San Juan

The public who met the Puerto Rican actor and comedian Luis Antonio Rivera, known as “Yoyo Boing” through the small screen, will be able to say goodbye to one of the pillars of Puerto Rican television, next Wednesday, December 6, at the Buxeda Funeral Home, in San Juan.

The remains of the multifaceted artist, who died on November 30 at the age of 93 at the Hospital del Maestro in San Juan, will be displayed starting at 1:00 pm, in a wake open to the public to honor his life and legacy. of the actor.

Yoyo Boing underwent surgery for a heart condition in February 2017 and in 2020 suffered a Ischemic stroke, which caused a slight pause in the media. Although it affected him physically, he continued receiving therapies. Yoyo Boing was the father of 7 children, and had 14 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren.

The radio presenter started with the boots, since this year he worked in several WIPR productions on channel 6 and on the radio station WIPR 940 am.

Last July, in an interview with The new dayalso an actor and presenter, who once had a photography studio and made covers for the entertainment magazines Vea and TV Guia, said: “Due to the stroke, my left side is immobile, I speak with difficulty and I can’t walk. I lost balance in my legs. To this day I do not feel frustrated, because I am alive. If you realize, I have my use of reason and I can remember so many things. But I would like to be able to guide, yes, I would love it. I liked to guide, get in my cart, go around. I am an amateur photographer, I have my camera here”.

Rivera, born on April 9, 1930, in Humacao, but who grew up in Santurce from the age of three, selected the nickname “Yoyo Boing” after a search for names for a radio personality.