Miguel Ángel Álvarez

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Miguel Ángel Álvarez, also known as "El Men," was a Puerto Rican comedian and actor. Álvarez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and when he was a child his family moved to Bayamón where he was raised and received his primary and secondary education. Álvarez began his artistic career as a radio announcer, working for radio station WENA. On October 30, 1950, Álvarez was among a group of reporters who covered the Gunfight at "Salón Boricua" between Vidal Santiago, a nationalist who was the personal barber of Albizu Campos, 40 police and National Guardsmen during the Nationalist attack of San Juan. This event made Puerto Rican radio history because it was the first time that an event of this nature was transmitted "live" via the radio airwaves to the public in general. He later participated in the radio show El Tremendo Hotel starring Ramón "Diplo" Rivero andlater Álvarez was contracted to do radionovelas