Mexican TV Actress Dies After Seeing Gun

Associated Press ^ | April 29, 2005 | Associated Press

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Mexican TV Actress Dies After Seeing Gun

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican television actress died on Friday of a heart attack after a man armed with a pistol approached her vehicle on a Mexico City street, officials said.

Mariana Levy, 39, featured on the "Nuestra Casa" show on the Televisa network, developed labored breathing after seeing the weapon, said prosecutor Carlos Gurrea.

Her husband, Jose Maria Fernandez Jr., drove her to a nearby clinic where she died, Gurrea said, quoting Fernandez.

A man was arrested and later identified by Levy's husband as the man who approached the vehicle, in which the couple was taking several children to a local amusement park.

Gurrea said the suspect — who was being held on suspicion of illegal weapons possession — did not apparently directly threaten or make any contact with Levy.

He said the mere shock of seeing him approach the vehicle apparently triggered the attack.

The death shook the Mexican entertainment world. It was one of the highest-profile deaths in Mexico's persistent wave of common crime since television comedian Francisco "Paco" Stanley was gunned down alongside a Mexico City freeway in 1999.

"We cannot feel anything other than an enormous rage and indignation," Televisa news anchor Adela Micha said of Levy's death. "Even if a bullet didn't kill her, the fear and the lack of public safety did."

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Hmmm. Maybe it is the gun and not the bullets after all! LOL

[Cyber Liberty]

Wow. First time on record a gun actually did kill someone all on its own?

[samtheman]

He took. It. Out.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

She might not have been so frightened if she had the right to and means of defending herself.

[frogjerk]

DIMs:"We will exploit this episode. Sen Lousenberg will sponsor a bill that will ban pictures of guns public places. Hollywood would naturally be exempt because of their enormous generosity to the DNC."

[itsamelman]

[End Times Sentinel]

 

Not Sabado Gigante material, but easy on the eyes none the less.

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

 

[Bluegrass Conservative]

She might not have been so frightened if she had the right to and means of defending herself.

Do you think a woman that was so afraid of the mere sight of a gun would have actually had the nerve to pull her's out and use it?

[Constitution Day]

[montag813]

Can she sue Sarah Brady for creating such a climate of fear about handguns?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Do you think a woman that was so afraid of the mere sight of a gun would have actually had the nerve to pull her's out and use it?

No, but her husband probably would have.

[montag813]

She was beautiful. Tragic. Blame Handgun Control!

[stevio]

She can't.

[montag813]

She can't.

You got me!

[JoeSixPack1]

Exactly!!

[Bluegrass Conservative]

Let's hope she was married to:

[Constitution Day]

I agree!

[Dead Corpse]

If she acutally OWNED a gun, and was familiar with it, she probably wouldn't have had a heart attack over just seeing one.

[No Blue States]

It should be the other way around, criminals should have heart attacks when they see law abiding citizens with guns.

[No Blue States]

BTTT. Great point.