Through the social network X, the president expressed his condolences to family, friends and the Cuban public.

“With the death of Samuel Claxton, theater, cinema, television, the entire culture of #Cuba, have lost one of its great protagonists in the last 60 years,” he said.

Possessor of an extensive and valuable artistic career, Samuel Claxton was born in Florida, Camagüey, in 1943.

His beginnings in theater were with the group that performed at Havana’s Prometeo in the 1960s, while he was a Red Cross worker.

As reported by the Cubaescena website, it was in the cinema where Claxton developed an impressive acting career that turned him into one of the most present faces of the national cinematography.

His rich artistic career shows among his recognitions the Distinction for National Culture; awarded by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba and the ACTUAR Award for Life’s Work, granted by the the Performing Arts Agency ACTUAR in 2018.

Likewise, his participation in the San Sebastian Festival, the Glauber Rocha Festival in Brazil and the First Pan-African Festival in the United States, placed him as one of the most recognized Cuban actors.

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