René EnrÃquez (November 24, 1933 â€" March 23, 1990) was a
Nicaraguan-born American television actor of the 1970s and 1980s. He
is best-remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the
long-running television series Hill Street Blues (1981â€"1987).He died
on March 23, 1990, the first of two Hill Street Blues stars to die
that year. Kiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December
28.EnrÃquez was originally reported to have died of pancreatic
cancer. Later reports, based on the publication of his death
certificate, indicated that he died of complications caused by AIDS.
At one point, EnrÃquez told Hill Street Blues costar Charles Haid
that he had AIDS, as later indicated on Entertainment Tonight in 1992.
Nicaraguan-born American television actor of the 1970s and 1980s. He
is best-remembered for his role as Lt. Ray Calletano in the
long-running television series Hill Street Blues (1981â€"1987).He died
on March 23, 1990, the first of two Hill Street Blues stars to die
that year. Kiel Martin succumbed to lung cancer on December
28.EnrÃquez was originally reported to have died of pancreatic
cancer. Later reports, based on the publication of his death
certificate, indicated that he died of complications caused by AIDS.
At one point, EnrÃquez told Hill Street Blues costar Charles Haid
that he had AIDS, as later indicated on Entertainment Tonight in 1992.
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