Death of Ricardo Silva

On February 7, 2021, Mexican singer and voice actor Ricardo Silva died at the age of 35 from COVID-19. He died a day after his birthday.

With a long career in dubbing, Ricardo Silva was known for interpreting several cartoon and anime theme songs, his best known work being having interpreted the Latin American Spanish version of the first Dragon Ball Z opening "Cha-La Head-Cha-La". He also performed the theme songs for Captain Tsubasa, Digimon Adventure 02, Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, Bob the Builder, Sonic the Hedgehog, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, the 2003 series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with his brother Nicolás Silva) and other shows. He also performed songs and voiced characters for the dubs of other shows like Phineas and Ferb or My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. He also participated in telenovelas and local Mexican shows.

After his death there was a general shock among Latin American audiences who heard his voice in many shows and various dubbing actors such as Mario Castañeda or Carlos Segundo expressed their condolences.

This page is dedicated to Ricardo Silva Elizondo (February 6, 1954 - February 7, 2021)