Luisito Vigoreaux
| Luisito Vigoreaux | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana July 1, 1951 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | Actor, Producer and Host |
Luis Vigoreaux Lorenzana (born July 1, 1951) is a Puerto Rican actor and producer. He is the son of Luis Vigoreaux, a Puerto Rican media personality and Rosaura Lorenzana Vilches. He is also the brother of Roberto Vigoreaux, who at times was a local senator, television producer, actor, singer, marketing executive, telecommunications technician and ice cream entrepreneur.
Luisito is a direct contemporary, to the day, of José Carlos Agrelot, the elder son of Puerto Rican comedian José Miguel Agrelot. Both of their fathers were best friends, were working together at a public show the day Luisito and José Jr. were born, and attended the same hospital for their respective sons' births. Both fathers were eventually buried on the same cemetery after their deaths, just metres from each other.
Luisito Vigoreaux and his brother Roberto were deeply impacted by the premature death of their mother (due to cancer) when they were young. By then, their father Luis Vigoreaux had been long separated from Ms. Lorenzana and had married actress Lydia Echevarria, a fact that caused much friction by the Vigoreaux brothers towards her. From his father's side, Luisito and Roberto also have two sisters, Vanessa Vigoreaux, an occasional theatrical actress, and Glendalys Vigoreaux.
Of the two brothers, the younger Roberto was actually the first one to have any media experience: he was a child actor, first doing bit parts in local soap operas, then starring in The Wonderful World of Disney Cristobalito, the Calypso Colt. As they came of age, both Vigoreaux brothers -Luisito particularly- worked closely with their father on his TV productions.
A tragedy in January 1983 turned Luisito's life around: His father was murdered, burned to death inside the trunk of his car. At the time Luisito had been working with his father on a new TV show named A Millón, for WAPA-TV. Luisito, wanting to become a producer, originally would have been an assistant to his father. However, with his father's death, after a short period of mourning, was ascended to main producer of the show. A Millón, became the #1 game show of the era for several years, and it was hosted by Hector Marcano, Sonia Noemí, and Rafael Jose.
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