Ángel Salazar — finest generally known as Al Pacino’s trusted sidekick “Chi Chi” within the iconic gangster movie “Scarface” — has died, TMZ has realized.
Salazar’s rep and closest pal, Ann Wingsong, tells TMZ … the actor handed away in his sleep at his pal’s Brooklyn residence over the weekend.
On Sunday morning, Wingsong mentioned, the pal went to examine on Salazar in a room and located his physique in mattress. A reason for demise was not disclosed, however the rep mentioned Salazar suffered from coronary heart points.
Early in his performing profession, Salazar landed the function of Chi Chi, the devoted henchman of Pacino’s well-known Tony Montana character within the 1983 Brian DePalma-directed movie “Scarface.”
Followers of the legendary film will always remember Chi Chi saving Tony’s life through the so-called “chainsaw scene.” They may also always remember Chi Chi’s bloody demise on the finish of the flick when his again will get riddled with bullets from a success squad employed by drug kingpin Alejandro Sosa.
In fact, Tony Montana additionally goes down in hail of bullets by the hands of Sosa’s gun-wielding assassins.
Exterior of his work in “Scarface,” Salazar was additionally identified for working reverse Tom Hanks within the 1988 dramedy, “Punchline” and Pacino once more in 1993 drama, “Carlito’s Way.”
Salazar was additionally a celebrated comic, who had numerous HBO comedy specials and an look on “Last Comic Standing.”
Different notable credit embody “Boulevard Nights,” “Walk Proud,” “Hot to Trot,” “Maniac Cop 2,” amongst different titles.
He was 68 years outdated.
RIP
