Overview
- Laura Bozzo announced the death of Aparicio Napan Chumpitaz, known as 'Huaycoloro', in an emotional Instagram post that included a short farewell message.
- The post included a video of a 2016 reunion on the Peruvian show Amor, amor, amor that showed the warm embrace between Bozzo and Huaycoloro and framed the tribute.
- Entertainment figures and thousands of followers responded with condolences and memories, with Rodrigo González among the colleagues publicly expressing sympathy.
- News outlets in Peru have reported and corroborated Bozzo’s announcement but have not published a cause of death, statements from family, or funeral arrangements.
- Huaycoloro was widely known as the excamerógrafo on Laura en América, the 1990s–2000s TV program that made both him and Bozzo familiar figures in Peruvian popular culture, and further details are likely to appear as reporters seek official confirmation.