Benson. In Puerto Rico, he participated in many locally produced soap operas, such as Vivir Para Ti (I Live for You). In 1994, he was cast in Señora Tentacion (Mrs. Temptation) with Mexican movie star Lucía Méndez. This soap opera was a hit in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Europe. Film In 1971, Suárez was cast in the locally produced Woody Allen movie Bananas with Jacobo Morales. In 1980, he played an inmate in the TV movie Escape, partially filmed in Puerto Rico, with Timothy Bottoms and Colleen Dewhurst. He then went to Hollywood, and in 1980, landed a role in the movie Stir Crazy, directed by Sidney Poitier starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. He was sometimes credited under the names Miguelángel Suárez and Miguel Suárez. Other movies in which Suárez participated include La Gran Fiesta (1985); Isabel la Negra (1978) with Míriam Colón and Raúl Juliá; Havana (1990) produced by Sidney Pollack and Under Suspicion (2000) with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Nydia Caro. In 2007, Suárez performed one of the main roles in Jacobo Morales' movie Ángel. Death Suárez died on April 1, 2009, losing his battle with esophageal cancer; he was 69 years old. He is survived by his widow, the actress Amneris Morales, his daughter Alondra Suárez and his stepdaughter Belange Rodríguez. Suárez's remains were cremated on April 5 in accordance to his wishes. On 4 April 2010, his cremated remains where interred in a family plot located in Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in Old San Juan.<ref>[http://www.primerahora.com/diario/noticia/otros_asi/espectaculosasi/viuda_de_miguelangel_suarez_entierra_parte_de_sus_cenizas_en_el_viejo_san_juan/378239 'Viuda de Miguelángel Suárez entierra parte de sus cenizas en El Viejo San Juan] from Primera Hora 4 April 2010.</ref> Filmography Among the films in which he participated are: Che: Part One (2008) Abuelo, El (2008/II) Angel (2007) Illegal Tender (2007) Cuerpo del delito, El (2005) (TV) Revolución en el infierno (2004) (TV) Dios los cría 2 (2004) Más allá del límite (2002) Cuento inolvidable de la abuela, El (2002) TV Padre Astro (2001) (TV) Tosca, la verdadera historia (2001) Under Suspicion (2000) Cundeamor (2000) (TV) Jara (2000) Punto final: De como Tito Mangual aprendio a bregar (1999) (TV) Paradise Lost (1999/I) The Survivor (1998) Señora Tentacion (1995) (TV) Al son del amor" (1995) (TV) Los Ladrones van a la oficina (1 episode, 1993) El Rescate del talismán (1991) (TV) Havana (1990/I) Ni se te ocurra (1990) "Misión cumplida" (1990) (TV) Isabel la Negra