Rui Torres

Rutilio Torres Mantecón, also known as Rui Torres (30 December 1976 – 24 February 2008)[1] was an artist known for being the presenter for the first and second seasons (between 2000 and 2002) of the Latin American version of the TV show Art Attack (or Arte manía in some countries) of the TV channel Disney Channel.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Torres and the second or maternal family name is Mantecón.
Rui Torres
Born
Rutilio Torres Mantecón

(1976-12-30)30 December 1976
Mexico City, Mexico
Died24 February 2008(2008-02-24) (aged 31)
Mexico City, Mexico
Cause of deathDrug overdose
NationalityMexican
OccupationTV show presenter
Years active2000–2002
Known forArt Attack presenter (2000–2005)

Later, he was replaced by Spaniard Jordi Cruz (2003), whose voice was dubbed for Latin-American markets.[2][3]

He died on 24 February of 2008 afer committing suicide from a drug overdose.[4]

Notes
  1. Altamirano Rodríguez, Bernardo (2009). "02 Rutilio Torres Mantecón" (PDF). ITAM ex-students site (in Spanish). p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. "Programa de televisión Art Attack, 8 años enseñando a sacar el artista que todos llevamos dentro". CineTV.Teoriza.net (in Spanish). 17 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. Castro, Olman (4 June 2003). "Un semillero de pequeños artistas". La Nación (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 April 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  4. "A 12 años de la misteriosa muerte de Rui Torres: el recordado conductor de Art Attack". Infobae (in Spanish). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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