Romina Yan, Argentine actress (Chiquititas), died from a cardiac arrest. she was , 36

Romina Yankelevich De Giaccomi , better known as Romina Yan, was an Argentine actress, screenwriter, singer and dancer died from a cardiac arrest. she was , 36. She made her television debut in the program Jugate Conmigo, which followed up with the internationally successful series Chiquititas, created by her mother Cris Morena. Romina died at age 36 on September 28, 2010, after suffering a heart attack^[1].


(5 September 1974 – 28 September 2010^[1][2])

Family and personal life

Yan was born to actors, television directors and producers Gustavo Yankelevich and Cris Morena (née María Cristina De Giaccomi). She was the elder sister of director, producer and screenwriter Tomás Yankelevich.^[3] Yan married technical producer Darío Giordano on 27 November 1998.^[4] They had three children — Franco (born 2001),^[5] Valentín (born 2003)^[6] and Azul (born 2006).^[7]

Career

Romina Yan's first appearance on Argentine television came during 1991, when the then sixteen year old appeared as a dancer in a show named Jugate Conmigo ("Come Play With Me"). Two years after that, in 1994, she made her debut as an actress, as "Lorena Picabea" in Mi Cuñado ("My Brother in Law"). Romina Yan continued working as a television actress when she played "Sol Iturbe" in another 1994 show, Quereme ("Love Me").
Towards the end of 1994, her mother was working on a deal with Argentina's largest television company, Telefe, to create a children's soap opera. Chiquititas was the story of a group of orphaned children living in the same house, and Yan played "Belen Fraga", the orphan house's director. Yan acted alongside child stars Agustina Cherri, Maria Jimena Piccolo, Santiago Stieben, Daniela Mastrichio and Georgina Mollo, among others, as well as Facundo Arana, Gabriel Corrado, Jorge Martínez, Andrea Del Boca, Grecia Colmenares and Fernan Miras, who played "Belen"s romantic interest. Chiquititas catapulted Yan's celebrity status outside Argentina.
Yan retired from the series in 1998, taking a hiatus before returning to Argentine small screens in 2000, when she played "Jessica" in one chapter of the suspense television program, Tiempo Final ("Final Moment"). She collaborated in 2001 alongside Susana Giménez in a variety show named after the latter.
Yan moved to the Argentine Andes later on that year to participate in her first film, Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz ("Corner of Light"), a movie spin-off of Chiquititas. Yan also participated alongside Araceli Gonzalez and Puerto Rican singer Chayanne in Provocame ("Provoke Me") in 2001.
Yan was hired by the Disney Channel in 2002, to host a children's show, Playhouse Disney, in Argentina. Playhouse Disney Argentina was produced by RGB, her father's company.
During 2003, Yan returned to acting, playing "Rocio Mazzini" in a soap opera titled Abre tus Ojos ("Open Your Eyes"). While not her first starring role in a telenovela, "Rocio Mazzini" represented for Yan her first starring role in a telenovela geared towards grown ups.
Once again, Yan took one year off before returning to the small screens in Argentina, returning as "Abril Juarez" in 2005's Amor Mio ("My Love").
As of late 2007, Yan was working on her mother's latest romantic comedy, Bella & Bestia, along Damián De Santo, whom she already worked with in Amor Mio.

Death

Romina Yan died on September 28, 2010 after suffering a heart attack^[2]. According to a spokesperson of the Central Hospital of San Isidro district, Romina arrived at the hospital at 5:25 pm. Romina felt sick after a gymnastics session and a friend took her to the hospital, but she was pronounced dead fifty minutes upon her arrival. The doctors had tried several times to bring her back to life.

Repercussion

Her death shocked Argentina. The Facebook page I can't believe Romina Yan has died (No puedo creer que murió Romina Yan) reached over 150.000 members in less than 2 hours. The death was also the top trending topic of the day on Twitter. Cris Morena and Chiquititas were also trending topic through the day.
Telefe, the channel her father was in charge of during the late 80s and the 90s, canceled its evening schedule. After Casi Angeles, the show produced by her mother, Telefe Noticias, the channel's news program, aired a special 2 hours edition solely dedicated to her. The special achieved 18.3 points, the highest-rated edition of the show in four years^[8]. Canal 13, Argentina's number 2 net, also had a special 2 hours edition of its news show, Telenoche, which also achieve high ratings.
With the exception of the news programs, all live shows in Argentina's biggest networks, Telefe and Canal 13, were not aired in honor to Romina.
The movie The Terminal replaced the live game-show Justo a Tiempo in Telefe. A rerun of Policias en Accion replaced Showmatch in Canal 13. Marcelo Tinelli, host, creator and executive producer of Showmatch, Argentina's highest-rated show, was discovered by Gustavo Yankelevich, Romina's father.

 Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Jugate Conmigo	Herself	(TV Show) (1991–93)
1994	Quereme	Sol Iturbe	(TV Series)
	Mi Cuñado	Lorena Picabea	(TV Series)
1995	Chiquititas	Belén Fraga	(TV Series) (1995–98)
1998	Susana Giménez	Herself	(TV Programme)
2000	Tiempo Final	Jéssica	(TV Series)
2001	Provócame	Marisol Anzoátegui	(TV Series)
	Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz	Belén Fraga
2002	¿Quién es Alejandro Chomski?	Herself	(TV Special)
	Playhouse Disney	Herself	(TV Show)
2003	Abre Tus Ojos	Rocío Mazzini	(TV Series)
2005	Amor Mío	Abril Juárez	(TV Series) (Also writer)
2008	B&B: Bella y Bestia	Bella	(TV Series)
2009	Casi Ángeles	Ariel	(TV Series)
	Horizontal/Vertical	Ana	(Movie)

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