Luis Alfonso Mendoza
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| Born | Luis Alfonso Mendoza Soberano 20 November 1964 |
| Died | 29 February 2020 (aged 55) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actor, voice director, announcer |
| Years active | 1979–2020 |
| Spouse | Lourdes Adame |
| Children | Nayeli Mendoza |
| Relatives | Ricardo Mendoza (brother) Jorge Adame (brother-in-law) Rocío González (sister-in-law) Monserrat Mendoza Ricardo Mendoza Jr. Itzel Mendoza Gerardo Mendoza (all nephews) |
Luis Alfonso Mendoza Soberano (20 November 1964 – 29 February 2020)[1] was a Mexican voice actor, voice director and announcer.
Career
He was mainly known for being the voice in the Latin American Spanish dub of teenage and adult Gohan in Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball Super,[2] Daniel LaRusso in The Karate Kid saga,[2] Count Duckula in the series of the same name, Leonardo in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, Kon in Bleach, Carlton Banks in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (where he made his directorial debut),[3] the voice of Bugs Bunny since 2003, Joey Tribbiani in Friends, Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, Phil Miller in The Last Man on Earth, Ditto and Octagon Vreedle in Ben 10, and Luis in Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Murder
On 29 February 2020, Luis Alfonso Mendoza, aged 55, was killed in a murder–suicide in Mexico City at 604 Balboa Street. The actor was accompanied by his wife, fellow voice actress Lourdes Adame, and his brother-in-law, Jorge Adame, who were both also killed in the incident.[4][5][6]
According to local media, the incident was due to "a quarrel for a property" with the attacker, José Mario Chen Martínez. Said quarrel allegedly involved the building where Mendoza’s dubbing academy ArtSpot is located. Mendoza and the Adame siblings rented the place in 1995 to found ArtSpot; however, the conflict began when the building’s owner died. Chen Martínez assured that he was supposed to have inherited it, which was not possible due to the lack of a testamentary document that would have proved it. In the meantime, he accused and sued Luis Alfonso Mendoza, Lourdes Adame, and Jorge Adame of real estate lease and making apocryphal documents to strip him of his property. Thus, on February 29, 2020, after years of quarreling without a case winner, Chen Martínez committed the crime, firing nine shots, before shooting himself in the head. He initially failed in the attempt, but died four hours later at the Xoco Hospital, aged 52. [7][8][9]
References
- ^ "Matan al actor de doblaje Luis A. Mendoza" [Voice actor Luis A. Mendoza is killed]. El Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Muere el actor mexicano de doblaje y voz de Gohan en 'Dragon Ball' y de Sheldon Cooper" [Mexican voice actor of Gohan in 'Dragon Ball' and Sheldon Cooper dies]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Doblaje mexicano de luto por la muerte de Luis Alfonso Mendoza" [Mexican dubbing in mourning for the death of Luis Alfonso Mendoza]. El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Muere Luis Alfonso Mendoza, actor de doblaje y voz de Gohan en Dragon Ball" [Luis Alfonso Mendoza, voice actor of Gohan in Dragon Ball, dies]. El Universal (in Spanish). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Asesinan a Luis Alfonso Mendoza, el actor de doblaje de Dragon Ball Z, Friends y The Big Bang Theory" [Killed Luis Alfonso Mendoza, the dubbing actor of Dragon Ball Z, Friends and The Big Bang Theory]. Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Luis Alfonso Mendoza habría muerto por pleito por un inmueble" [Luis Alfonso Mendoza could have died due to a quarrel for a property]. El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Muere Luis Alfonso Mendoza, actor de doblaje y voz de Gohan en Dragon Ball". El Universal (in Spanish). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Asesinan a Luis Alfonso Mendoza, el actor de doblaje de Dragon Ball Z, Friends y The Big Bang Theory". clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Luis Alfonso Mendoza habría muerto por pleito por un inmueble". El Debate (México) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 March 2020.