Chuy Bravo Has Died At 63
Chuy Bravo, who was the best part of Chelsea Lately (Heather McDonald’s longboobs were of course the second best part), died in Mexico City over the weekend. Chuy just turned 63 on December 7.
Entertainment Tonight says that Chuy was visiting family in Mexico when his stomach started messing with him on Saturday and he was taken to the ER. TMZ says that Chuy was kept in the hospital, and the next day, his family learned that he had died. His exact cause of death isn’t currently known. UPDATE: Chuy’s rep issued a statement saying he died of a heart attack.
On Saturday, December 14 at approximately 1:30 p.m., Bravo was rushed to the emergency room due to a Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (GI Bleed.) After complications he suffered an Acute Myocardial Infarction that led to his passing. Bravo’s funeral services took place today and will be cremated. His family has confirmed he will be brought back to Los Angeles (no date has been set) for a memorial service.
Chuy was born as Jesus Melgoza in Tangancicuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, and was the youngest of seven kids. When he was 15, he immigrated to the U.S. and lived in the San Fernando Valley where he graduated from Sylmar High School. Chuy supposedly wandered onto the set of 1986’s The Three Amigos, and was struck with the craving to be in the business that is show. Chuy took acting classes which led to him getting cast in the movies Austin Powers in Goldmember, Tiptoes, The Honeymooners, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. And in 2007, Chuy got his big break and became a STAH thanks to Chelsea Handler casting him as the sucio Andy Richter to her sucio Conan O’Brien in her E! show Chelsea Lately. For all seven seasons of Chelsea Lately, Chuy dressed up in fuckery for Chelsea’s amusement and also let her ass have it when she sassed him:
After Chelsea Lately ended, Chuy was in the celebrity diving reality show Splash but had to drop out after he fucked up his heel. He also did porn including Vivid’s Chuy Bravo Porn Star.
Chuy told Latina Magazine in 2012 that he beat prostate cancer, and was also a recovering alcoholic. He opened up The Little Nugget Foundation in his hometown of Tangancicuaro to help people with alcoholic addiction.
Chelsea Handler paid tribute to Chuy on Instagram:
Chelsea Lately regulars, Ross Mathews, Heather McDonald, Fortune Feimster, and Loni Love also honored Chuy:
Thanks for taking a chance and making him the star we all knew he was… he loved every minute of it. #ripchuy https://t.co/NLdEbW0sSz
— Loni Love (@LoniLove) December 16, 2019
Rest in peace, Chuy. You are now in heaven where I’m sure you’ll one day greet your old friend Chelsea Handler while wearing a Team Jolie t-shirt and pointing her toward the elevator marked Direct To Hell for bashing St. Angie Jolie so much.
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