Raúl Rafael Carlos Juliá Arcelay was a Puerto Rican actor. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he took an interest in acting while still in school and pursued the career upon completion of his studies.
He took over the role of Orson in the Off-Broadway hit Your Own Thing, a rock musical update of Twelfth Night. He performed in mobile projects, including the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.
In 1991 and 1993, Julia portrayed Gomez Addams in two film adaptations of The Addams Family. In 1994, he filmed The Burning Season and a film adaptation of the Street Fighter video game.
The same year Juliá suffered several health afflictions, eventually dying after suffering a stroke. His funeral was held in Puerto Rico and attended by thousands. For his work in The Burning Season, Juliá won a posthumous Golden Globe Award, Primetime Emmy Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
Nicole Richie Parents: Meet Lionel Richie, Brenda Harvey-Richie, Karen Moss, And Peter Michael Escovedo
Nicole Richie has made no secret of her adoptive upbringing: she was legally adopted by Lionel Richie and his ex-wife Brenda Harvey when she was nine, seven years after the couple became her guardians.
Peter Michael Escovedo grew up around music: his father was Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo, and his sister was occasional Prince collaborator Sheila E. Michael also worked with Lionel Richie, briefly touring with the singer as part of his band.
Escovedo met Karen Moss as she worked as a backstage assistant for Sheila E. The pair started dating, and on 21st September 1981, they welcomed Nicole Escovedo into the world.
Unfortunately, Karen and Michael lacked stability, forcing Nicole to live with relatives for most of her young life. Lionel said he decided to care for Nicole after watching her play the tambourine at a Prince concert.
As time went by, Lionel and his ex-wife Brenda Harvey became Nicole’s legal guardians. The rapidly deteriorating relationship between Nicole’s biological parents convinced Lionel to keep Nicole.
“So it took about maybe a year for me to just fall in love and she was a little button, and of course by that time I was Dad,” Lionel told Piers Morgan.
Giving up Nicole was the right decision, but it wasn’t easy. In her memoir The Book of My Own Drum, Sheila E. wrote:
“The heartbreaking part is that once Nicole Escovedo legally became Nicole Richie, it felt like we lost her. We all lost her.”