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Days of our Lives actor hangs self after roles dry up

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Francisco San Martin suicide death: TV soap opera actor hangs self
Francisco San Martin suicide death: former Days of Our Lives actor hangs self after roles dry up.
Francisco San Martin suicide death: TV soap opera actor hangs self
Francisco San Martin suicide death: former Days of Our Lives actor hangs self after roles dry up.

Francisco San Martin, former Days of Our Lives actor found dead at his Los Angeles home. Suicide death follows acting roles drying up for former soap opera actor. 

Francisco San Martin, a former television soap opera actor, best known for appearing in Days of Our Lives has died after taking his own life. The former star’s body was found by police at his Los Angeles home.

He was found deceased at his home on Thursday, January 16, with Deadline reporting the cause of death as suicide by hanging.

San Martin, 39, was known for playing Dario Hernandez in long-running drama Day of Our Lives. He was born in Mallorca, Spain but moved to Montana, United States when he was a child before returning to Spain as a teen with his family.

San Martin first began acting in children’s theatre shows in Montana before going into modelling after returning to Spain. He spent years training to become an actor as a teenager, returned to the US and finally had his big break with Days of Our Lives. The actor appeared on the show in six episodes between 2010 to 2011 where he played a petty thief, who later turned out to be an investigator.

He character arc saw him move to Argentina for a job, and was later portrayed by Jordi Vilasuso from 2016 to 2017.

Other projects included a role in the 2013 film Behind the Candelabra. In 2017, San Martin returned to daytime TV with a role in The Bold and the Beautiful. He starred in 16 episodes as groundskeeper Mateo on the CBS show. In the same year, he had a recurring role as estate manager Fabian Regalo del Cielo in the hit show Jane the Virgin.

Francisco San Martin suicide death: TV soap opera actor hangs self
Francisco San Martin suicide death: TV soap opera actor hangs self.

Acting roles drying up for TV soap actor

San Martin’s most recent role was in the short film Dot in 2022, according to IMDB. The actor had made little appearances, in front of the camera since then. 

It remained unclear what led to work drying up for the Hollywood actor, who seemingly had a bright future ahead in an often precarious field.

Tributes have poured in for San Martin with his co-star, Camila Banus, who played his on-screen sister Gabi, posting on Instagram: ‘Pepe, what can I say but I love you and rest in peace, my friend. Love you mucho mucho mucho. I wish I had told you more.’

Posted journalist Michael Fairman: ‘Very, very sad. I am a bit in shock, as I saw Francisco at my gym most every day.’

It remained unclear if the actor had been undergoing therapy for mental health woes and how he continued to support himself after work for the actor drying up.

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