Luis Antonio Rivera, better known as “Yoyo Boing,” died today at the age of 93 after devoting seven decades to the arts as an actor, announcer and comedian.
The information was reported to WIPR through one of his daughters, Inés Rivera, EL VOCERO confirmed.
Rivera has been part of Puerto Rican television since its beginning in 1954, working on comedy programs and soap operas such as María Lola and Cáliz de Plata. He also devoted himself to dubbing and worked on the Midday Show.
In the 1970s he created the show “Mi Hippie I Love” on Telemundo with Margot Debén, Vicente Vázquez and Rosita Velázquez.
At WIPR Television, where he has worked since the ribbon cutting, he is known for Hora del Niño opposite Titi Chagua, Club 6 opposite Mirna Vázquez, Lucy Boscana Television Dramatic Workshop, Desde mi pueblo and Puertorriqueñísimo where he visited all the cities on the island.
As part of his career, what stands out is the creation of comedy programs without having to resort to vulgarity, such as: B. “Los suegros”, from which “Los Suegros y los Niejos” emerged, together with “Rosaura Andreu”, “Cary Oliver” and “Membrillo”.
“When television began, there was mutual respect between us, between (José Miguel) Agrelot, Tommy (Muñiz), Paquito (Cordero), William Agosto and Myrna de Casenave. We artists all respected each other and therefore the audience watching us was also respected. That’s all, respect,” he had commented in a previous interview SPOKESMAN.
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Last year’s Television Week celebration was dedicated to him.
Yoyo remained active virtually until his final days. In the theater he took part in the play La Verdadera Historia de Cuca Gómez with his good friend Otilio Warrington “Bizcocho”.